Johnson and Johnson, a pharmaceutical giant, is being dragged into a land-mark court action by hundreds of women.
The women are suing them over the impact of Johnson and Johnson’s vaginal mesh, which is used to support organs where muscles have weakened or been injured, commonly used in women recovering from childbirth complications.
It is alleged that Johnson and Johnson knew patients with compromised immune systems experienced a much higher risk of the mesh not integrating with their muscle tissue, but failed to warn patients and failed to properly test the product before its release in Australia.