News coverage

 

Jury awards $3.35 million in vaginal mesh case against Johnson & Johnson, Reuters (February 2013)

Radio 4's You and Yours programme discusses Metal on Metal hips, BBC (February 2013)

J&J Discloses Government Investigations of Hips, Mesh, Businessweek (February 2013)

New rules to end secrecy over safety of medical implants,  The Telegraph (UK) (September 2012)

Insight: As lawsuits climb, J&J may have new hip trauma, Reuters (July 2012)

Smith & Nephew pulls metal-on-metal hip component, Reuters (June 2012)

F.D.A. Hearing to Focus on Replacement Hips, New York Times (June 2012

Dien klacht in om kunstheup, De Telegraaf (May 2012)

Thousands of Finns may have faulty hip implants, Helsingin Sanomat (April 2012)

More decisions expected after hip implant recalls, Radio New Zealand (April 2012)

Recall sparks hunt for hip patients, New Zealand Herald (April 2012)

Metal-on-metal hips cancer fears allayed, BBC News (April 2012)

F.D.A. Plans a New Review of Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants, New York Times (March 2012)

FDA to discuss risks and benefits of metal-on-metal hip replacements, FDA (March 2012)

Hip Device Phaseout Followed F.D.A. Data Request, New York Times (March 2012)

Hip patients: Why weren't we told?, New Zealand Herald (March 2012)

Metal-on-metal hip replacements 'high failure rate', BBC News (March 2012)

Fears over hip replacements, BBC Radio Today Programme (March 2012)

Surgeons call for end to metal hip replacements, BBC News (March 2012)

Metal hip implants: Regulator defends continued use, BBC News (February 2012) Note that it is possible both to run clinical trials with joint implants and to test them outside the body - the latter being part of our daily work here at Newcastle University.

Large metal-on-metal hip replacements 'should be banned', Professional Engineer (February 2012)

Metal hip patients to be monitored, DR Denmark (February 2012)

Metal scare over hip replacement joints, Guardian (February 2012)

MHRA: Metal hip implant patients need life-long checks, BBC News (February 2012)

Hip Maker Discussed Failures, The New York Times (February 2012)

Hip Implant US Rejected Was Sold Overseas, The New York Times (February 2012)

Health warning over hip implants, The Telegraph (UK) (January 2012)

US to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors, The New York Times (January 2012)

DePuy Hip Implant Causing Lasting Problems For Local Patients, CBS Philadelphia (December 2011)

The High Cost of Failing Artificial Hip, The New York Times (December 2011)

Bill Would Require More Monitoring of Implants, The New York Times (December 2011)

Bad hips spotlight lip service on Therapeutic Goods Administration, The Australian (December 2011)

Senate finding little consolation for years of hip pain, Sydney Morning Herald (November 2011)

HSE faces probe on faulty implant response, Irish Health (November 2011)

Hip Implant Complaints Surge, Even as the Dangers Are Studied, The New York Times (August 2011)