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Hundreds of women suffering pain from vaginal mesh implants launch a class action against Johnson & Johnson in the Federal Court.
She said the mesh was designed to repair pelvic floors, but side effects have been devastating.
"The complications that Australian women are suffering include the mesh or tape eroding through, and into, surrounding tissue and organs, as well as incontinence, infection and chronic pain," she said.