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Guidant Pacemakers
Defective Guidant Defibrillators Continue to Haunt Boston Scientific
Sep 11, 2006
| Newsinferno.com
According to recent SEC filings, Boston Scientific Corp. now faces about 477 individual and 72 class-action lawsuits over recalled Guidant ...
FDA Update Statement On Boston Scientific/Guidant Pacemakers And Defibrillators
Jul 17, 2006
| www.medicalnewstoday.co
The FDA met last week with Boston Scientific/Guidant to discuss the firm's recent announcement that several models of pacemakers and implantable...
Boston Scientific Announces Physician Communication Related to Products in Its CRM Group
Jun 26, 2006
| www.fda.gov
Contact: Paul Donovan 508-650-8541 Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that it is providing safety information and retrieving...
Studies show implanted heart device can malfunction, but removal's risky
Apr 26, 2006
| Washington Post
Implantable defibrillators, which can deliver a life-saving shock to people with damaged hearts, have had a roller-coaster record of reliability, as...
Replacing Heart Device Found Risky
Apr 26, 2006
| Los Angeles Times
Surgery to replace potentially defective heart defibrillators carries an unexpectedly high rate of serious complications, including death, according...
Risk cited in replacing heart device
Apr 25, 2006
| AP
A new study suggests that for some patients with implanted heart defibrillators that have been recalled by the manufacturer, replacing the device...
Guidant Updates Worldwide Physician Communication Regarding Important Safety Information About Certain Pacemakers
Jan 23, 2006
| BusinessWire
Guidant Corporation is voluntarily advising and updating physicians about important safety information regarding certain older model pacemakers. This...
Guidant Gets FDA Warning Letter on Facility
Dec 27, 2005
| AP
Guidant Corp., one of the nation's top makers of pacemakers and heart defibrillators, said Tuesday that it received a warning letter from federal...
Report: Guidant knew of device's faults
Dec 24, 2005
| UPI
Flaws in a heart defibrillator were known by manufacturer Guidant, but were viewed as acceptable within a statistical realm, the New York Times...
Guidant’s Troubles Continue to Grow
Sep 29, 2005
| www.Newsinferno.com
Criminal investigators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have joined the agency’s probe into how Guidant Corporation handled problems...
