Plaintiffs: Bone Tissue Sterilization Process Doesn't Kill All Virus

NEWARK, N.J. - Plaintiffs in the human tissue transplant litigation have asked a federal judge to reject the defendants' contention that their products are incapable of causing disease because they are subjected to a rigorous sterilization process prior to implantation. In re: Human Tissue Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1763 (D. N.J.).

In a reply brief filed Jan. 19 in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the plaintiffs provide expert testimony they say supports a classic ' battle of the experts' over whether the defendants' cleansing processes can effectively eliminate transmission of diseases such as HIV, hepatitis …