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Testimony Reveals that DePuy Took Three Years to Recall Implants

During a hearing before an Australian Senate committee last week, it was revealed that it took three years after problems with DePuy’s ASR hip were detected for the hip implant to be removed from the Australian market. Orthopedic expert Stephen Graves testified that it was first noticed that the metals in the product were poisoning patients in 2006. The implant was not removed from the market in Australia until late 2009, and DePuy did not issue a recall in the United States until August 2010.

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