J&J starts reimbursement programme for faulty hip implant victims
Johnson & Johnson has launched a reimbursement programme for Indian patients who have been affected by its ASR hip implants. Patients affected by the faulty implants will be reimbursed if revision surgery and tests were done within 15 years of the primary hip replacement surgery. Around 4,700 ASR surgeries were carried out in India between 2004 and 2010.