Guidant Never Mailed Warning Letters to Doctors
The pending litigation involving defective heart devices made by Guidant recently revealed that Guidant actually drafted a letter to doctors in 2005 warning them of potential problems with certain devices. The problem? It was never sent.
Company documents reveal that the January 2005 letter included notice of Guidant's intention to pull back devices that had not been already implanted. The "Dear Doctor" letter is a mode of informing doctors of changes in drug labeling, warnings, and new benefits, used by all drug companies and medical device manufaturerers. Unfortunately for the consumers who continued to receive the defective devices, Guidant made a concious decision not to send the letter, putting additional lives at risk.
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