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St. Jude Agrees to Pay $27 Million to Settle False Claims Act Charges for Selling Defective Heart Devices (Part III of V)

St. Jude Agrees to Pay $27 Million to Settle False Claims Act Charges for Selling Defective Heart Devices (Part III of V)

St. Jude Medical agreed to pay $27 million to settle False Claims Act charges that it knowingly sold a defective heart device to health care facilities.  St. Jude was acquired by Abbott Laboratories in early 2017. St. Jude failed to disclose serious health events caused by the early depletion of the battery in certain models of its Fortify, Fortify Assura, Quadra and Unify devices which...