Pelvic Mesh Implant Appeal Begins in Sydney

Pelvic Mesh Implant Appeal Begins in Sydney
The company logo for Johnson & Johnson at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on Sept. 17, 2019. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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A Sydney court will begin hearing a multinational pharmaceutical giant’s challenge to a landmark ruling that pelvic mesh implants caused debilitating injuries to hundreds of Australian women.

The November 2019 ruling found three companies in the Johnson & Johnson group had acted negligently and concealed the true extent of complications from the pelvic implants.