Medical-device firm's
unit recalls more hip implants over high failure rates.
The AP (2/15, Johnson, Jordans) reports that
spokespersons for Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics unit on Thursday
said that on Jan. 14, the company "notified surgeons and hospitals"
that it was recalling its all-metal, Adept hip implants because a data review
of national registries in the UK and Australia revealed a
"higher-than-expected percentage of them had to be replaced." The UK
registry data showed "12.1 percent of patients needed their implants
replaced within seven years," whereas the Australia registry data revealed
"7.1 percent of patients needed replacements within three years." The
recall "involves only the top part of the hip replacement system, the ball
at the top of the thigh bone that fits into the hip's socket."
According to Bloomberg News (2/15, Pettypiece, Cortez),
J&J said "about 7,500" of the hip implants, which have not been
on the market since 2011, "were distributed in 21 countries not including
the US." Notably, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based healthcare products
company "recalled 93,000 of its ASR model hips in August 2010 and faces
10,000 lawsuits," the first of which is presently underway in a Los
Angeles state court.
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