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medtronic
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Independent reviews find less benefit, more harm than first reported for bone protein product
Efforts to correct biased and dangerous medical studies are making more headlines. Shortly after I posted about a new idea…
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Investigation: Medtronic paid millions to surgeons; ghostwrote papers
Over at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today, John Fauber updates Side Effects, his long-running investigation into conflicts of…
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Fauber finds ‘failed back surgery syndrome’ after off-label use of Medtronic’s Infuse
John Fauber follows up his previous investigations into the myriad problems and conflicts of interest surrounding Medtronic’s Infuse product with…
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Medtronic hires Yale researchers to review Infuse data
Medtronic, the manufacturer of spine fusion product Infuse, has hired Yale University researchers to review patient data and adverse event…
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Top docs spar over Medtronic research, Iraq service
Following up on his work on the dangers of Medtronic’s Infuse spine fusion product and the conflicts of interest that…
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Pushback against Medtronic’s Infuse hits boiling point
Medtronic’s ongoing woes with its blockbuster spine fusion product Infuse have been a staple of Covering Health for as long…
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Medtronic attracts attention from Baucus, Grassley
Readers of Covering Health are likely familiar with medical device manufacturer Medtronic and John Fauber’s coverage of conflicts of interest…
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Medtronic, researchers failed to report known link to complication
Medtronic, a medical device maker, and researchers with financial ties to the company have known for years that a “biological…
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Doctors tied to manufacturer report better outcomes, may influence spinal surgery
After using a FOIA request to obtain documents the Food and Drug Administration had labeled “confidential,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter…
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WSJ details conflicts that drive spine fusion surgery
The Wall Street Journal‘s John Carreyou and Tom McGinty have taken advantage of their paper’s Medicare data stockpile to look…