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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Product Recalls Product Defects

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

The Role of the FDA in the Exactech Recall: A Critical Analysis

Exactech has issued multiple recalls for its implantable joint replacement devices over the past few years. While Exactech has largely issued these recalls voluntarily, it has done so at the request—and with the oversight—of...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Lessons Learned from the Exactech Recall: How We Can Improve Medical Device Safety in the Future

In response to scrutiny from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Exactech has recalled hundreds of thousands of defective medical implant devices sold between 2004 and 2021. Despite these recalls—which began in...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Alternatives to the Exactech: Exploring Other Surgical Tools and Techniques

Over the past couple of decades, hundreds of thousands of patients in the United States have received defective medical implants manufactured by Exactech. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

What to Do If You've Been Affected by the Exactech Recall

If you have had problems with an Exactech ankle, knee, hip or shoulder implant, you are not alone. At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Exactech has recalled hundreds of thousands of defective ankle,...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Exactech Shoulder Replacement Systems: What You Need to Know

Exactech is a medical device company that has faced numerous lawsuits in recent years. These lawsuits have focused on various issues with the company’s implantable medical devices, including issues that the company has...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Searcy Denney Is Pursuing Claims on Behalf of Families Affected by Dangerous WanaBana Applesauce Pouches

Our firm is actively pursuing claims against WanaBana USA and other companies on behalf of families affected by WanaBana USA’s dangerous applesauce pouches. On October 28, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

FDA Reports Sterilization Issues in EzriCare Factory: Bacterial Contamination in Artificial Tears Products

Earlier this year, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) spotted an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection in 11 (now 16) different states, associated with multiple different infection types, particularly...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Unpacking Averages: Common Root Causes Driving Medical Device Recalls

Recalls have always been a bit of a double-edged sword. Obviously, companies hate recalls because a recall means their products are defective in some manner, potentially putting users at risk and damaging the brand. They...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

As recall of sleep apnea devices expands, U.S. prods firm to act faster

Federal officials have ramped up the pressure on a Dutch conglomerate over its expanding but slow recall of sleep apnea breathing devices relied on by millions of increasingly angry U.S. patients. The Justice Department...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Philips CPAP Recall Update: Shocking Revelation From FDA Investigations and More

What is the latest with the CPAP lawsuits? As 2022 begins, the thoughts of sleep apnea patients and their families are, naturally, returning to the Philips CPAP machine recall 2021....more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Medtronic Heart Valve Recall 2021 Update

Manufacturer Has Ceased Sales and Issued Urgent Letter Warning Physicians to “Stop Using” Unused Implants - Medtronic, the manufacturer of a medical implant that is alleged to have led to more than a dozen deaths,...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Millions stuck in nightmarish recalls of sleep apnea breathing devices

Millions of patients with serious, diagnosed sleep disorders now are wrestling with a daytime nightmare: Medical devices designed to help them avoid damage from their conditions have been recalled for major and concerning...more

Troutman Pepper

Sanitizing Hand Sanitizer — Managing FDA-Recalled Hand Sanitizer

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In 2020, even the hand sanitizer is potentially suspect. Retailers, distributors and corporate purchasers are now grappling with the added problem of clearing their shelves of it and stopping employees from using the Food and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Product Lines - Toxic Torts and Products Liability Insights: Issue 2, 2020

Welcome to 2020's second edition of Product Lines, our e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and product liability issues. For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As you will...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Breast Implants Made by Allergen — At Least 12 Cancer Deaths

A U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)-prompted Class 1 recall one year ago led an Ireland-based company to stop manufacturing and marketing its cancer-causing, textured breast implants and tissue expanders. The recall, the...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary Ethicon Recalls Proximate® Reloadable Surgical Stapler

In 2019, Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon issued a recall for its Proximate® reloadable surgical staplers due to a flaw with the device that may have resulted in staple lines being compromised during gastrointestinal...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Injured Patients Want Consolidation of Zantac Lawsuits

Litigation Update - On January 30, 2020, class action, consumer protection and pharmaceutical lawyers from around the country will be in federal court in Tampa, Florida to argue before a panel of federal judges whether...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Is the CPSC Leaving Consumers 'Holding the Bag'?

Product Recalls to Protect the Consumer? Is the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a federal agency charged with protecting the safety of Americans from dangerous and deadly items in the marketplace, doing its job? A...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Product Liability Risks in the Evolving Cannabis Industry

Cannabis is now fully legal in ten states plus the District of Columbia, and medical marijuana is legal in 23 states. Despite growing acceptance among states, cannabis remains illegal federally under the Controlled Substances...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A Client’s Guide to FDA Recalls

Recent FDA Recall Highlights & Developments - • The agency finalized Public Warning and Notification of Recalls Under 21 CFR Part 7, Subpart C; Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff, providing recommendations regarding the...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Incest and the FDA — Is the FDA Really a Watch Dog?

Drug Manufacturing is Big Business - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the responsibility to protect the health of U.S. consumers by ensuring food, drugs and medical devices are safe. The FDA also has a mission to...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Popular Fluticasone Nasal Spray Recalled by Manufacturer

Small particles of glass are to blame for the recall of a widely used fluticasone nasal spray that treats symptoms of hay fever in children. The nasal spray, known by its brand name Fluticasone Propionate Nasal Spray USP...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A Client's Guide to FDA Recalls

Product recalls are critical events for firms that produce food and medical products. The lives and health of patients and consumers can be at stake. Companies risk enforcement action by the Food and Drug Administration...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Requirements for Public Warnings for Recalled Products

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FDA recently released a draft guidance clarifying the regulatory requirements for public warnings in the event of a recall under the agency’s recall guideline at 21 CFR Part 7. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FDA Recalls St. Jude Medical Pacemakers for Cybersecurity Patches

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall of 465,000 St. Jude Medical pacemakers in order to push a mandatory firmware patch of vulnerabilities in six types of radio controlled cardiac pacemakers....more

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