Guidant Review Process Lacked Medical Input
An expert panel found that Guidant Corp. failed to assess patient safety when they decided not to publicize their products' failures. The company relied on engineers' projections rather than assessments from doctors. The panel commissioned by Guidant said, "under no circumstances should a potential or manifest risk of a preventable death be superseded by statistical analyses that indicate that performance remains with general guidelines." Barry Meier, The New York Times 03/21/2006 The New York Times
An expert panel found that Guidant Corp. failed to assess patient safety when they decided not to publicize their products' failures. The company relied on engineers' projections rather than assessments from doctors. The panel commissioned by Guidant said, "under no circumstances should a potential or manifest risk of a preventable death be superseded by statistical analyses that indicate that performance remains with general guidelines." Barry Meier, The New York Times 03/21/2006 The New York Times
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