Company ‘knew the danger of its mesh products but put profits ahead of the health of millions of women’, says California attorney general
A California judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay nearly $344m in penalties for deceptively marketing pelvic mesh devices for women, as the state attorney general accused the company of putting “profits ahead of the health of millions of women”.
Eddie Sturgeo, a San Deigo superior court judge, ruled against the medical giant in a lawsuit brought by the California department of justice in 2016. Johnson & Johnson spokeswoman Mindy Tinsley said the New Jersey-based company plans to appeal the decision.
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