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In 1956, an electrical engineer grabbed the wrong resistor and helped create the life-saving pacemakerAn inventor, Wilson Greatbatch, accidentally created a regular beat while working on a heart sound recorder. He realized this pulse could s...- In the 1940s, Harold Ridley noticed plastic splinters sitting quietly in pilots’ eyes, and it wasn’t just wartime debris: It changed cataract surgeryDuring the tumultuous period of World War II, a serendipitous observation emerged within the field of ophthalmology. British pilots, expose...
- India plans national registry to track implantable medical devices and patientsIndia is set to launch a national registry for implantable medical devices. This initiative aims to track all devices and patients, ensurin...
- Johnson & Johnson pays Rs 25 lakh each to three victims of faulty hip implantsPharma major Johnson & Johnson has paid Rs 25 lakh each to three victims of its faulty acetabular surface replacement (ASR) hip implants in...
- Not withholding interim compensation from patients who want more: Johnson and Johnson to HCThe submission by the company came in response to a query by Justice Vibhu Bakhru as to what was it doing in cases where patients want more...
- HC asks J&J to pay Rs 25 L to 67 patients who had revision surgery for faulty hip implantsThe court's direction came after the company said it has verified that these patients have undergone revision surgery and it was voluntaril...
- Not all who received Johnson & Johnson hip implants may get damagesThe proposal will be taken up for discussion by a regulatory expert committee in a meeting on April 24.
- J&J agrees to pay only Rs 25 lakh compensation for faulty hip implantsIn March this year, a committee under Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal submitted its report to the health ministry with its final recommendation.
- Drug regulator directs J&J to pay Rs 74 lakhs to a patientAfter nearly a year of setting up a committee under Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal, a report was submitted to the health ministry with its final rec...
- Johnson & Johnson faulty hip implant payouts set to be delayedThe move has been triggered by complaints from patients as well the company about lack of consultation while fixing the compensation, offic...
- UPA allowed import of faulty Johnson & Johnson implants: Centre in Supreme CourtIn its affidavit, the Centre said it had not accepted J&J’s stand that it would not make any reimbursement to patients after August 24, 201...
- Report on faulty hip replacement implants ready: Centre to SCThe apex court on October 5 had asked the Centre to file its response to the PIL alleging that "faulty" and "deadly" hip implants have been...
- J&J hip implants: Affected patients seek clarity on report on compensation amountIn a letter to Union Health Minister J P Nadda, more than 30 patients have reiterated their concerns regarding the lack of transparency and...
- J&J faulty implant victims allege lack of transparency in deciding compensation, threaten boycottIn a letter written to Union Health Minister J P Nadda, a group over 30 victims also opposed involvement of the multi-national company in t...
- Johnson & Johnson has to pay patients cleared by government panel: Health ministry officialPatients unhappy with the compensation could appeal to the government or approach court, the official added.
- Johnson and Johnson hip implant victims narrate their ordealAt the heart of the national capital, at a press meet, they along with many others narrated the ordeals faced by them and their loved ones ...
- J&J case: Government asks 'victims' to approach central or state panelIf the affected patients approach the state-level committee, they may write to the concerned state drug controller who will be the member s...
- Johnson & Johnson case: Parliament panel members lash out at CDSCODrug regulator accused of "criminal negligence" for taking 3 years to issue a medical device alert about the faulty implants.
- Interim relief: J&J told to pay Rs 20 lakh to each recipient of faulty hip implantAll patients who got the implants will be evaluated individually to gauge the extent of medical problems arising from the bad implants and ...
- Johnson & Johnson faulty implants: Indians left in lurch due to 'differential treatment' compared to US counterpartsPharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson recently agreed to pay over Rs 15,000 crore as compensation to around 8,000 US citizens who had sued...
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