About 10 years ago Johnson and Johnson produced a device, called a power morcellator, which was promoted to be a way to treat abnormal uterine bleeding.
In the past year, the FDA has stopped the use of this after it was discovered that, as compared with other treatments, this technique could lead to spread of undiscovered cancer.
Now the FBI has found that as the company may have known about this as early as 2006.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI has recently interviewed three people connected to the devices: a pathologist who warned Johnson & Johnson about the potential for cancer spread in 2006, a woman whose cancer became worse after undergoing the procedure in 2013, and a physician assistant who has compiled a list of hundreds of people potentially harmed by the devices.
After what we have seen in corporate America with automobile recalls, and the story of Vioxx (the company knew of it's dangers many years before it became public) we are not surprised if these allegations are true.
Maybe it's time we hold corporate executives personally and criminally responsible for such negligent activity!
Check out the Wall Street article here
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