The Danish company Coloplast A/S agreed to pay $16 million to settle about 400 suits over its transvaginal mesh products including the Novasilk-Synthetic Flat Mesh System and the Aris-Transobturator lines. The average payment per claimant will be about $40,000. Settlement talks continue with other manufacturers of mesh products including C.R. Bard, Endo Health Solutions Inc., and Johnson & Johnson. An estimated 1 million women have had the surgical mesh inserts during the past 15 years to help treat and pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence.
[1] In Re: Coloplast Corp Pelvic Support System Products Liability Litigation, 12-md-2387, (U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia)
[2] Feeley, J. "Coloplast Said to Pay $16 Million to Settle Vaginal-Mesh Suits", Bloomberg Businessweek (March 4, 2014).
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[1] In Re: Coloplast Corp Pelvic Support System Products Liability Litigation, 12-md-2387, (U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia)
[2] Feeley, J. "Coloplast Said to Pay $16 Million to Settle Vaginal-Mesh Suits", Bloomberg Businessweek (March 4, 2014).
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