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St. Jude Medical Played Down Defibrillator Failures for Years, F.D.A. Says

By Federman & Sherwood |

The medical device maker St. Jude Medical played down the failure of some batteries in its defibrillators, shipping them for years before recalling the devices last fall, according to a warning letter the Food and Drug Administration issued this week. The company, acquired by Abbott Laboratories in January, also failed to tell its own… Read More »