In August of 2007, the FDA sent Johnson & Johnson a letter stating that it needed to stop marketing and sales of Gynecare Prolift, a TVM device manufactured and sold by its Ethicon division.  The FDA stated that it needed more information on 16 potential deficiencies with the product, and that it would decide whether…

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon faces thousands of lawsuits alleging that their mesh and sling products caused organ perforation, pain, scarring and nerve damage.  It is one of the few manufacturers that has ceased production of the majority of its transvaginal mesh products.  Ethicon has stopped making the following: Gynecare TVT Secur System Gynecare Prosima…

A New Jersey jury awarded $7.76 million in punitive damages and $3.35 million in compensatory damages to a woman who had 18 surgeries in an attempt to correct a transvaginal mesh implant manufactured by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon.  The company was accused of failure to warn, defective design, deceit and negligence.   As with…