Kentucky AG Sues Johnson & Johnson Over Transvaginal Mesh Marketing
CNN is reporting that Kentucky’s attorney general is suing health-care giant Johnson & Johnson for millions of dollars, saying the company “concealed and misrepresented” the risk of its transvaginal mesh products to doctors and patients.
In the lawsuit, AG Andy Beshear alleged Johnson & Johnson’s medical device company, Ethicon, didn’t provide enough information about possible adverse effects to more than 15,000 women in Kentucky who had the transvaginal mesh implanted.
The company called the suit justified.
“The lawsuit says women have reported chronic pelvic pain, pain associated with intercourse and/or the loss sexual function, and other health problems,” according to the report by Steve Almasy.
