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FiberCel Lawsuits and the Legal Updates

FiberCel lawsuit is one of the booming lawsuits in the U.S. against Aziyo Biologics for producing tainted bone graft products. The usage of the contaminated bone grafts had resulted in fatal tuberculosis infections in the patients.

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FiberCel Lawsuits and the Legal Updates

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  1. FIBERCEL LAWSUITS: WHEN TAINTED BONE GRAFTS TAKE LIVES

  2. Every year, around 2 million bone fractures are reported in the United States • Bone grafting is the surgical procedure done in many fracture cases to heal bones

  3. WHAT IS FIBERCEL? • IT’S AN ALLOGRAFT BONE PRODUCT MANUFACTURED BY AZIYA BIOLOGICS. INC. • THE PRODUCT IS DERIVED FROM DONATED HUMAN TISSUE, RECOVERED FROM A SINGLE HUMAN DONOR.

  4. FIBERCEL LAWSUIT: THE HOW AND WHY ON JUNE 2, 2021, AZIYO BIOLOGICS, INC. ISSUED A NOTIFICATION ABOUT AN URGENT VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR A SPECIFIC BATCH (NMDS210011).

  5. Why? Post-surgical infections in 7 out of 23 patients who had received FiberCel from this particular lot. The more alarming news was that four of these patients tested positive for tuberculosis (TB).

  6. THE ARGUMENTS!!! THE DEFENDANTS HAD FAILED TO • Adequately gather and review donor medical history • Design, manufacture, and test the product to prevent contamination • Issue a timely recall of the product • Warn consumers of the risk of contracting tuberculosis

  7. There are only personal injury lawsuits being filed against Aziyo Biologics. • Lawyers expect more and more injury lawsuits to be filed in 2024.

  8. www.medlegal360.com THANK YOU CONTACT US

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