DALLAS — Johnson & Johnson and DePuy will immediately begin preparing post-trial motions challenging the verdict returned against the companies Dec. 1 by a jury in a federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceeding in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas. The trial consolidated six individual cases chosen by the plaintiffs’ executive committee …read more.

PHILADELPHIA – A hip replacement patient is suing an orthopedic device manufacturer and its parent corporations claiming liability for an alleged 2014 surgical product failure. Anthony Kinard of York sued DePuy Orthopedics Inc. of Warsaw; Depuy Inc. of Delaware; Johnson & Johnson International of Delaware; and Johnson & Johnson of Brunswick, N.J.; in the U.S. …read more.

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (DePuy) and the Court-appointed committee of lawyers representing ASR™ Hip System plaintiffs today announced a settlement agreement to compensate eligible ASR patients in the United States who had surgery to replace their ASR hip, known as revision surgery, as of Aug. 31, 2013. “We are committed to the well-being of ASR patients, …read more.

DePuy Synthes Companies announced last week that it has acquired Olive Medical Corporation, a Utah-based privately held provider of high definition (HD) visualization systems for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, Olive Medical is a worldwide medical device manufacturing company that provides affordable HD MIS imaging …read more.