Bloomberg News (7/31, Pearson) reports,
"Johnson & Johnson's Synthes unit, a maker of tools and implants to
treat damaged bones, along with its former Norian Corp. subsidiary, was sued by
the family of a woman who died during an unapproved trial of a bone cement."
As Bloomberg describes, "Lois L. Eskind lost her life on Jan. 13, 2003,
after a surgeon injected Synthes's Norian SRS drug into her spine mixed with
barium sulfate." The plaintiffs claimed that the Synthes The story
mentions that "four Synthes executives were sentenced last year to prison
terms ranging from five months to eight months for their roles in the
unapproved trials."
The Philadelphia Inquirer (7/31, Sell)
"Philly Pharma" blog reports that Synthes faces a lawsuit over a
death allegedly caused by a "bone cement made by Synthes and its
then-subsidiary Norian." The
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