DePuy Negligent in Implementing Its Hip Replacement Recall
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DePuy Negligent in Implementing Its Hip Replacement Recall
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Annually, about 250,000 hip replacement procedures are commonly performed in the United States. Only 1-3 percent of those procedures will require corrective surgery. A small percentage like this should facilitate the identification and tracking of defective hip replacements by regulators. However, the U.S. does not have a nationally artificial joint registration system in place. Without a registration system in place, in addition to the lag in time it takes for a hip replacement to malfunction, companies like DePuy were able to sell 93,000 hip replacements worldwide undetected. DePuy was able to sell 93,000 hip replacements undetected worldwide due to the fact that there is no regulatory system in place and it takes a long time for hip implants to malfunction. This ultimately resulted in the DePuy hip replacement recall affecting thousands of patients today. In addition to that, DePuy is also under fire because of the alleged ‘kickback scandal’ reporting of the company paying consultants to make them use its products exclusively.
Australia and the United Kingdom are two countries that do have artificial joint registries in effect and were able to detect the defective implants immediately.As early as 2007, the National Joint Replacement Registry in Australia reported higher than normal failure rates of the DePuy hip replacements. By 2009, DePuy voluntarily withdrew its products from the market. Similarly, the National Joint Registry of England and Wales was also effective in the early discovery of defective hip replacements. Published studies by researchers at Oxford University presented statistically that 3.4 percent of patients out of 660 who received DePuy metal-on-metal hip implants suffered from signs and symptoms of metallosis. These studies also showed that 155 patients who received another company’s metal hip implants did not experience any similar side effects.
Coincidentally, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was busy processing the several hundred complaints due to the metal-on-metal implants, but did nothing in the absence of a regulatory national registry. Many surgeons have also come forth, claiming that they alerted DePuy as to the complications caused by their implants early on, but received little to no response from the company. Finally in 2010, the media began creating public awareness as to the dangers of DePuy’s defective hip replacements. With increasing pressure from the public and the FDA, DePuy finally initiated a recall in August of 2010.
The company was aware of its defective products and was negligent in initiating a DePuy hip replacement recall. It has shown nothing but contempt for its consumers and a total disregard for their health and safety.
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Katherine is following news on the DePuy hip replacement recall. She is insistent that legal action be taken as a result of J&’s neglect to provide consumers with safe and effective hip replacement devices.
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