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We have compiled the latest news on the Taxus Stent. If you or a loved one has been injured by a Taxus Stent and you would like more information about your legal rights, please contact us. |
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Boston Scientific Is Told to Face Stent Recalls Lawsuit |
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The Boston Globe | March 14, 2009 |
| Boston Scientific Corp., the largest maker of heart stents, must face investors' class-action lawsuits over the company's handling of 2004 recalls of drug-coated Taxus devices used to prop open patients' arteries, a judge ruled. | |
Panel Weighs Risk of Drug-Coated Heart Stents |
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Associated Press | December 7, 2006 |
A U.S. advisory panel heard evidence on Thursday about risks of drug-coated stents, the tiny mesh tubes used to prop open arteries in millions of heart patients. A controversy erupted this year when research showed the devices may cause dangerous blood clots in some patients months after being implanted. Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific Corp. sell drug-coated stents in the United States. |
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Boston Scientific, J&J Stents Leave Doctors Divided |
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Bloomberg | October 25, 2006 |
A dispute over the safety of heart stents from Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific Corp. is causing a public rift among cardiologists. Doctors at a scientific conference in Washington this week are at odds over new data showing the companies' best-selling stents may cause more life-threatening blood clots than initially anticipated. The stents, which generated more than $5 billion in 2005 sales, are metal tubes that keep coronary arteries open to prevent heart attacks. |
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Doctors Study Risk of Clots in New Stents |
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The Boston Globe | October 21, 2005 |
With drug-eluting coronary stents implanted in more than 2 million people worldwide, some doctors and researchers are now concerned about a long-term problem they see in a small number of patients who have received stents: blood clots inside the stents themselves. Although the rate of serious clotting is extremely low, with manufacturers reporting just a handful of clots in more than 1,500 patients they are following, the cases concern doctors because clots nearly always cause heart attacks or death. |
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If you or a loved one has experienced blood clots or a heart attack as a result of a defective Taxus Stent, you may be entitled to compensation. You should act immediately to contact a lawyer experienced in matters involving defective medical devices. |