February 13, 2015
C.R. Bard Inc. on Wednesday persuaded a West Virginia federal judge to allow its expert witness to testify in an upcoming trial about whether certain materials used in its Avaulta pelvic mesh products are compatible with human tissue, but his views on whether the products were defectively designed were excluded.
January 28, 2015
Device giants C.R. Bard Inc. and Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon Inc. face bellwether trials in the next few months over their pelvic mesh devices, Pfizer Inc. prepares to defend Lipitor in the first multidistrict litigation bellwether over the cholesterol drug, and Engle tobacco trials proceed in some unusual cases. Here are the product liability showdowns to watch this year.