Boston Scientific Corp., a defendant in the Philadelphia pelvic-mesh mass tort, is seeking to remove cases from the city's Complex Litigation Center to federal court in West Virginia.

According to a notice of removal filed by defendant Boston Scientific in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the allegations against Boston Scientific in Philadelphia court are similar to thousands of cases against it across the country, warranting an MDL.

“There are currently more than 15,000 cases pending against BSC” in federal court, according to the notice.