Cooper Companies Exits Suit Alleging Defective Embryo Culture

A federal judge allowed CooperSurgical’s parent company Cooper Companies Inc. to exit a lawsuit alleging the medical device business made embryo culture media that ruined a couple’s embryos as they were undergoing the in-vitro fertilization process.

The US District Court for the District of New Mexico Tuesday said it lacked jurisdiction over the parent company because a declaration from a Cooper Companies senior director said it wasn’t involved in marketing, selling, distributing, or recalling the culture. The fertility technology company recalled the culture media, which aids embryonic development before implantation, at the end of 2023 after receiving complaints that embryos ...