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Philips blames consultant for exaggerating breathing machine problems that led to recall

FROM SHADYSIDE TONIGHT. PHILIPS REIS RUN ROAD RECALLED MILLIONS OF CPAPS BIPAPS AND VENTILATORS AFTER THE FDA SAID FOAM INSULATION INSIDE THOSE MACHINES WAS A HEALTH RISK. BUT IN A LAWSUIT, PHILIPS ...
FierceBiotech

Philips signs $1.1B settlement in CPAP recall injury litigation, takes $578M insurance payout

Philips has reached a $1.1 billion agreement to settle claims from about 58,000 people stemming from its yearslong recall of home CPAP ventilators and sleep apnea machines. It’s a major milestone in ...
People

Recalled Sleep Apnea Machines Tied to 561 Deaths

Philips CPAP and BiPap machines that were recalled in 2021 have since been linked to deaths and thousands of malfunctions, the FDA says Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty The Food and Drug ...
ProPublica

How Lincare Cashed In on the Disastrous Recall of Philips Breathing Machines — at the Expense of Patients

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Update, Nov. 25, 2024: On Nov. 22, hours after this article ...
The Daily Dot

‘The foam inside breaks down’: Man warns Philips CPAP machines are still out in circulation despite recall. Here’s why you should be careful

An online reviewer is warning about a CPAP machine recall. He claims The Philips Dreamstation CPAP device, recalled in 2023, is still being used and could pose a cancer risk to users. Uncle Nicko ...
Iowa Public Radio

What consumers should know as Philips agrees to $1.1 billion CPAP settlement

Millions of CPAP sleep apnea machines made by the medical device maker Philips and a subsidiary were found to have a dangerous problem, triggering consumer lawsuits and a massive recall in 2021. Now, ...
FierceBiotech

Philips plots return to US sleep apnea market after final consent decree in CPAP recall

A U.S. federal court has officially ordered Philips to restrict the production and sale of its CPAP and BiPAP ventilators for sleep apnea. The move is the culmination of a years-long international ...
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What consumers should know as Philips agrees to $1.1 billion CPAP settlement

Under a related deal, users who return devices by Aug. 9 can get an extra $100. As part of the recall, the company is offering repairs,... Millions of CPAP sleep apnea machines made by the medical ...
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How Lincare cashed in on the disastrous recall of Philips breathing machines — at the expense of patients

This article originally appeared in ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. For ...