Medical Malpractice

• FDA Sends Warning to Boston Scientific

  Joe Saunders | January 30, 2006 7:10 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Boston Scientific fresh off its acquisition of Guidant Corporation, has been sent a warning letter by the FDA. Federal regulators said they discovered problems in the medical device maker's quality control. FDA officials who announced the warning involving Boston Scientific said it was only the third time in the agency's history it has issued such a broad companywide warning involving a...

• Lawyer Subpoenaed for Guidant Documents

  Joe Saunders | January 29, 2006 11:45 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  An attorney suing Guidant Corporation has been ordered by the Justice Department to turn over the documents he received from the company. The subpoena, part of the federal government's investigation into the Indianapolis-based company, requires Texas attorney Bob Hilliard to turn over handwritten notes and PowerPoint slides. He obtained them from the company during preparations for a product...

• Boston Scientific Medical Device Recall

  Joe Saunders | January 27, 2006 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Attorney Jordan Margolis posted a nice piece on two Boston Scientific medical device recalls. Those who have had these devices should check the product information against their medical records and seek both medical and legal advice regarding these product recalls.

• Guidant's Troubles Aren't Over

  Joe Saunders | January 23, 2006 8:03 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  On January 19, 2006, a Texas judge ordered Guidant to hand over internal documents that might show the company continued to sell some of its heart defibrillator models after knowing that the devices might prove faulty. The NY Times reported the following day that the documents appear to show that some Guidant executives recommended in January 2005 that perhaps the company should find a way to...

• Guidant Withholds Info About the Dangers of its Defibrillators

  Joe Saunders | December 28, 2005 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In documents filed in a Texas lawsuit against Guidant, the manufacturer of implantable defibrillators, the company failed to disclose publicly that Guidant officials had projected that some patients might die because of short circuits in their implantable defibrillator. According to the documents, Guidant did not disclose the information because the overall failure rate was not worthy of public...

• Guidant Heart Device Blamed for 3 More Deaths

  Joe Saunders | December 15, 2005 6:58 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  According to an article published in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal Guidant heart devices have been linked to three new deaths. The information arose out of a Guidant report to the US Food and Drug Administration. The deaths occurred after Guidant had recalled the devices in June.