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Ethicon Media Monitoring 08/23/16

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  1. Kentucky sues Johnson and Johnson for millions of dollars

    Aug 22, 2016 | Digital Journal

    By Tim Sandle

    Major pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson is facing legal action from Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear.
  2. KENTUCKY SUES J&J OVER VAGINAL MESH

    Aug 22, 2016 | Politico

    By Sarah Karlin-Smith and Brett Norman

    Kentucky is the third state to sue Johnson & Johnson for allegedly misrepresenting the risks of transvaginal mesh products.

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  1. Kentucky sues Johnson and Johnson for millions of dollars

    Aug 22, 2016 | Digital Journal

    By Tim Sandle

    Major pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson is facing legal action from Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear. The state claims the company failed to disclose the hazards related to its surgical transvaginal mesh products.Kentucky sues Johnson and Johnson for millions of dollarsLISTEN | PRINTBY TIM SANDLE     8 HOURS AGO IN BUSINESSMajor pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson is facing legal action from Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear. The state claims the company failed to disclose the hazards related to its surgical transvaginal mesh products.

    Kentucky seeks millions of dollars in penalties from Johnson & Johnson: Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshea... https://t.co/aRj80Z6CYW— POST Online Media (@poandpo) August 17, 2016The product in question was made by a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson called Ethicon and the case is centered on marketing claims. The claim made by the state is that 15,000 women had transvaginal meshes implanted without the hazards associated with the meshes being notified to either the patients or their surgeons.The meshes are intended to help women suffering from stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.

    The case has been brought under Kentucky’s Consumer Protection Act and it will be heard by the Franklin Circuit Court. With this, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear told QMed that Ethicon ‘misrepresented’ a range of adverse events associated with the meshes.

    The adverse events included patients having problems going to the bathroom, chronic pelvic pain, pain during sex, or inability to engage in sexual intercourse. The Kentucky Attorney General claims these issues were not made prominent in marketing literature.

    In relation to this Beshear said: “The way this company clearly chose profits over people is outrageous.”

    The lawyer added further: “My office has talked to victims whose lives have been devastated by this company’s deceitful practices. We may not be able to give them back the lives they once had, but my office will do everything we can to hold this company accountable.”

    Johnson and Johnson disputes the charges and is preparing for a vigorous defense. In a statement, reproduced by Fierce Biotech, the company said: “The evidence will show that Ethicon acted appropriately and responsibly in the marketing of our pelvic mesh products. The use of implantable mesh is often the preferred option to treat certain female pelvic conditions, including pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, and is backed by years of clinical research.”

    The statement further explains: “Ethicon is concerned that this lawsuit will keep women from obtaining treatment for the often-debilitating symptoms of stress urinary incontinence.”

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/business/johnson-and-johnson-sued-in-kentucky-over-surgical-products/article/473026

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  2. KENTUCKY SUES J&J OVER VAGINAL MESH

    Aug 22, 2016 | Politico

    By Sarah Karlin-Smith and Brett Norman

    Kentucky is the third state to sue Johnson & Johnson for allegedly misrepresenting the risks of transvaginal mesh products. More than 15,000 women in the state had the mesh implanted and women have reported chronic pelvic pain and loss of sexual function without being duly warned about potential side effects, the lawsuit alleges. CNN’sstory.

    http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/prescription-pulse/2016/08/part-d-pricing-trends-216005art D pricing trends


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