FDA Reports Nearly 17,000 Adverse Events From Metal Hip Implants (press release)
Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a New York law firm nationally recognized for its consumer protection and mass tort practices, reports that there have been nearly 17,000 adverse events related to metal hip implants reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) from 2000-2011.* Specifically, a June 21, 2012 Bloomberg News article analyzing the adverse events reported to the FDA during that time period highlighted the following:
The reports almost quadrupled to 682 in 2008 from the year earlier, and rose again ...
