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J&J, Oregon Settle in First State Deal Over Hip Implants
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will pay the state Oregon $4 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims over recalled metal-on-metal hip implants.
The payment to the state resolves claims that the company violated Oregon’s unfair business practices law by telling patients and doctors that the hips functioned properly when evidence showed they were failing at unusually high rates.
J&J had touted the metal-on-metal implants, first sold in the U.S. in 2005, as a new design that would last 20 years and offer greater range of motion.
As failures mounted, patients complained in lawsuits that the implants caused dislocations, pain and follow-up surgeries known as revisions. They claimed that debris from the chromium and cobalt device caused tissue death and increased metal ions in the bloodstream. Read more here.
Last modified: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:05:51 BST