Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is facing a multi-million-pound legal claim after thousands of British patients were told that their hip replacement operations will need to be reversed.
Many patients have been in excruciating pain – with some unable to walk – since having the operation, and now some of those affected are preparing a class action against Johnson & Johnson's orthopaedic branch, DePuy, in a case which could cost the company £350million.
More than 10,000 patients have been recalled to hospital to have their operations reviewed because components used to cushion and fix the artificial joint were causing tumours and depositing toxic metal in the blood.
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