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Thousands of women awarded compensation after Johnson & Johnson loses pelvic mesh court appeal – SBS News
Thousands of Australian women are set to share hundreds of millions of dollars compensation after a landmark judgment on harmful pelvic implants was upheld.
Thousands of women are due to share hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation after Johnson & Johnson failed to overturn a landmark ruling finding it concealed the true extent of complications of damaging medical devices.
A Federal Court judge in 2019 found the pharmaceutical giant acted negligently and concealed the true extent of complications from the pelvic implants.
Hundreds of the synthetic implants eroded, extruded or caused infection without warning – leaving women in chronic pain…
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