Johnson & Johnson, the largest medical device maker, is being sued by a former chief medical officer who claims he was fired for voicing concerns about the safety of company products.
Dr. Joel S. Lippman, 52, questioned nine products in development or on the market in his 16 years at the company, a Nov. 13 complaint said.
He was fired from J&J's Ethicon Inc. unit May 15 after urgings uperiors to recall DFK24, a device used in heart surgeries that could lead to patient deaths, the complaint said."Ethicon asked Dr. Lippman to resign because of his persistent objections to defendants' failure to recall the DFK24 and prior objections to unsafe medical devices or products," said the complaint, filed in state court in New Brunswick.
"Ethicon terminated his employment."
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