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Medical testing provider Laboratory Corp. of America will pay $49.5 million to the state of California to settle a lawsuit alleging illegal overcharges to the state’s medical program for the poor, according to a news release from Attorney General Kamala…

After issuing safety warnings, the FDA may revoke its approvals of transvaginal mesh devices made by Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson, according to a Mass Device report.

Medtronic has completed acquisitions of PEAK Surgical and Salient Surgical for a total of $585 million, according to a Medtronic news release.

The FDA has approved Lupin's generic equivalent of Ortho-McNeil's Ultram ER tablets to treat chronic pain, according to a Lupin news release.

A federal grand jury in Buffalo, N.Y., has returned a 28-count indictment charging Pravin V. Mehta, MD, with illegally dispensing controlled drugs, primarily pain medications, according to an MSNBC report.

The FDA has issued an alert that repackaged intravitreal injections of the drug Avastin have caused at least a dozen serious eye infections in the Miami area, according to an FDA news release.

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PDI (Professional Disposables International), a provider of infection prevention products for environmental hygiene, skin antisepsis, hand hygiene and patient care, has announced its Sani-Cloth Bleach is now EPA-registered in all 50 states, according to a PDI news release.

The FDA has approved Toshiba America Medical Systems' Kalare radiography and fluoroscopy imaging system, according to a Toshiba news release.

Mazen Ibrahim, MD, a family medicine and pain management physician in Charlestown, Ind., is under state investigation after his license to prescribe controlled substances was revoked by the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to a Jeffersonville, Ind., News and Tribune report.