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3. Boston Scientific to pay $30M to settle Guidant pacemaker case
Boston Scientific agrees to pay $30 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit filed over pacemakers made by its Guidant subsidiary.
2. FDA issues tissue erosion warning on St. Jude’s Amplatzer cardiac implant
The FDA warns that, in rare cases, St. Jude Medical’s Amplatzer atrial septal occluder may erode tissue in the heart, creating holes that require open-heart surgery to mend.
1. Shutdown ends, FDA user fees begin
The user fees medical device companies pay to have their products reviewed by the federal watchdog agency can begin to be collected for fiscal 2014 now that the federal shutdown is over.
