The Rottenstein Law Group, which represents hip replacement recipients in DePuy lawsuits, reacts to a New England Journal of Medicine article that traces the DePuy ASR recall to an FDA regulatory shortcut called the “510(k) process.”


(PRWEB) January 10, 2013


The Rottenstein Law Group acknowledges an article in the New England Journal of Medicine that pinpoints key problems with an FDA [regulatory shortcut that was a precursor to the DePuy ASR recall and DePuy lawsuits because of the device’s severe side effects.


The 510(k) process allows devices to be fast-tracked for approval that are similar to those that have already been approved. The devices can go to market without having to demonstrate safety and effectiveness through clinical studies. The DePuy ASR, a metal-on-metal hip replacement system, was one of those fast-tracked devices when Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy began selling it in July 2008 after receiving FDA clearance without any clinical study, according to the NEJM article.


“Recipients of the DePuy ASR who believe they have been injured by the device’s serious side effects need a strong advocate,” said Rochelle Rottenstein, principal of the Rottenstein Law Group, which represents hip replacement recipients in DePuy lawsuits. “Our regulatory bodies are supposed to protect patients, not possibly put them into more danger.”


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