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2 Jul 2007, 2:50 pm
Indianapolis-based Guidant, which was acquired by Boston Scientific Corp. last year, has acknowledged that the defibrillators have been linked to at least seven deaths. [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 3:14 pm
Boston Scientific Corp, which bought Guidant in 2006, previously settled a similar defibrillator class action lawsuit for $240 million. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 9:35 am by Ben Vernia
According to DOJ’s press release: Boston Scientific Corp. and its subsidiaries, Guidant LLC, Guidant Sales LLC and Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. [read post]
27 Jan 2011, 8:09 am by Ben Vernia
On January 27, the Department of Justice announced that it was intervening in a whistleblower’s lawsuit against companies associated with defibrillator maker Guidant and its parent, Boston Scientific Corp. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 3:24 am by Ben Vernia
DOJ announced February 25 that Guidant LLC (a subsidiary of Boston Scientific Corp.) had been charged in a criminal information with violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for its failure to report failures in two of its defibrillator models: According to the information filed today in federal district court in St. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 1:39 am by Ben Vernia
According to DOJ’s press release: Guidant LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific Corp. of Natick, Mass., has agreed to pay the United States $9.25 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations, the Justice Department announced today. [read post]
28 Jan 2011, 12:23 pm by Joe Consumer
The source of the noise was an implanted Guidant Corp. defibrillator, the same model that was linked to the death of a 21-year-old man [in] March. [read post]
28 Jan 2011, 12:23 pm by Joe Consumer
The source of the noise was an implanted Guidant Corp. defibrillator, the same model that was linked to the death of a 21-year-old man [in] March. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 6:46 am by Mark Zamora
Department of Justice last year, Guidant (now part of Boston Scientific Corp.) pleaded guilty to two federal criminal charges related to the recall, including making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the devices' safety.The company, which employs about 5,000 Minnesotans, also agreed to pay a $296 million fine. [read post]
18 Jun 2013, 4:29 am by Ben Vernia
The case was brought by a former account manager at Boston Scientific Corp. against her employer and its subsidiary, Guidant Corp., alleging kickbacks in the sale and promotion of its implantable cardiac devices. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 6:48 am
The suits allege that "Boston Scientific and its Guidant Corp. unit 'initiated a coordinated nationwide sales campaign (including the use of illegal kickbacks and other improper means) to entice physicians to use their products for off-label purposes. [read post]
15 Aug 2007, 7:49 am
Three recent medical product liability developments are of significant interest:Boston Scientific Settlement Concerning Guidant DefibrillatorsBoston Scientific Corp. recently settled approximately 4,000 lawsuits concerning defibrillators recalled in June 2005 by Guidant Corp., which Boston Scientific acquired earlier this year. [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 7:37 am by Fraud Fighters
The Department of Justice announced last week that Boston Scientific Corp. and Guidant, a subsidiary of the company, will pay $30 million to settle allegations that it sold defective implantable defibrillators to health care facilities, who then implanted them in Medicare patients. [read post]