October 17, 2019

Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon, Inc., have agreed to pay $116.9 million to 41 states and the District of Columbia for endangering the health of women nationwide by deceptively marketing transvaginal surgical mesh devices and failing to adequately disclose possible serious complications.  A multistate investigation found that both Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon knew of the risks—including chronic pain and inflammation, fistula formation, incontinence, and mesh extrusion and erosion into the body—yet failed to warn consumers or their physicians.  As part of the settlement, the companies must refrain from falsely describing the mesh as “FDA approved,” as well as provide full disclosure of the device’s risks.  DE AG; PA AG; MI AG; NY AG; SC AG; TX AG

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