Johnson & Johnson is caught in the eye of a storm in India, after an expert panel recommended compensation for patients affected by its 'faulty' ASR hip implants. A stinging report by the panel raises several questions around J&J’s alleged “lack of seriousness” in addressing the issue - charges that the company denies - though it remains to be seen how the Indian government ensures that Indian patients get a fair deal.
A long-running controversy around compensating patients in India who had been implanted with DePuy’s faulty ASR hip system has come to a boil, with a government constituted expert panel recommending that such patients be duly compensated.
The panel has, among a string of recommendations, set a base compensation of INR2m ($28,280.50) per patient and recommended that...
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Tim Schmid, executive VP and worldwide chairman of J&J MedTech, expects Shockwave, acquired in April, and Abiomed, purchased in late 2022, to be “long-term gems” for the company. Cardiovascular is among higher-growth segments where J&J has concentrated investments in recent years, along with robotic surgical systems.
The US FDA has published a trio of draft guidance documents for its Assessment Scheme for Conformity Program, which began as a pilot in September 2020 to capitalize on the role of standards in the regulation of medical devices.
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The US FDA has published a trio of draft guidance documents for its Assessment Scheme for Conformity Program, which began as a pilot in September 2020 to capitalize on the role of standards in the regulation of medical devices.
UK-based Biocomposites will begin selling in the UK its next-generation osteoinductive bone graft substitute, NanoBone, which came with its acquisition of Artoss GmbH in June 2023. Meanwhile, the company has purchased remaining shares in the manufacturers of SYNICEM and Subiton antibiotic bone cements and preformed antibiotic-loaded spacers.
US FDA has greenlighted Senseonics’ Eversense 365 continuous glucose monitor, which must be replaced just once a year. Capable of being integrated with compatible insulin pumps as part of an automated insulin delivery system, the fully implantable device lasts 185 days longer than the Eversense E3 sensor and far outstrips competing CGMs, which last only for 10-14 days.
