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Boston Scientific gets FDA warning

Potentially defective devices were sent out

By Stephen Heuser
Globe Staff / August 24, 2005

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Boston Scientific Corp. sent potentially defective medical devices to several hospitals because its quality-control system allowed them to slip out of designated quarantine areas, according to a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration released yesterday. (Full article: 631 words)

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