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Feds Seek to Join St. Jude Whistleblower Lawsuit
Aug 9, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
St. Jude Medical Inc. is facing scrutiny from the US Justice Department over an alleged kickback scheme. According to a Reuters report, the US...
Lawsuits Allege Medtronic, Other Firms Illegally Marketed Surgical Ablation Products
Jul 16, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
Medtronic Inc., St. Jude Medical Inc., AtriCure Inc. and Boston Scientific Corp. all allegedly paid kickbacks to doctors in order to convince them to...
St. Jude Served with FDA Warning Letter
Apr 23, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter this week to St. Jude Medical Inc. because of faulty manufacturing practices at its...
Judge Allows Valve Case Against St. Jude To Proceed
Jan 7, 2004
| AP
A judge's ruling will allow a class-action lawsuit over a defective heart valve to proceed against St. Jude Medical Inc., even though federal...
Heart Valve Patients Can Sue Maker: Judge
Sep 24, 2003
| www.cbc.ca
An Ontario judge has ruled that Canadians who received certain silver-coated heart valves can sue the company that made them. Silzone mechanical...
US Pacemaker Manufacturer Faces British Lawsuit
Aug 30, 2003
| bmj.bmjjournals.com
St Jude Medical, a major manufacturer of heart valves and pacemakers, is to face a lawsuit in Britain over its Silzone heart valves, which were...
Husband Sues Over Wife's Death
Aug 24, 2003
| The Observer
A British man has begun legal proceedings against the American manufacturers of a heart valve he claims contributed to the death of his wife. Myrtle...
Mechanical Heart Valve Patients Try For Class Action Status
Jul 17, 2003
| www.cbc.ca
When 59-year-old Sharon Frost received her mechanical heart valves in 1998, she believed it would help her heart condition. Now five years later she...
Canadians Put At Risk With Medical Implants
Apr 1, 2003
| www.cbc.ca
Some Canadians who depend on implanted medical devices say Health Canada doesn't do enough to warn them of the dangers of some of these devices. Two...
St. Jude Medical Lawsuit Will Soon Face Critical Juncture
Aug 5, 2002
| The Business Journal (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
A battle to turn 37 individual product liability lawsuits filed in federal court against Little Canada-based St. Jude Medical Inc. into a...



