USA v. NORIAN CORPORATION et al

  1. September 08, 2017

    3rd Circ. Keeps Grand Jury Seal In Bone Cement Test Suit

    A Third Circuit panel on Friday shot down a request for grand jury materials from a medical device maker that allegedly conducted clinical trials of a bone cement without approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that resulted in three deaths, ruling that the request was not specific enough.

  2. December 13, 2011

    4th Exec Jailed For Illicit Human Testing Of Bone Cement

    A fourth former Synthes Inc. executive was sentenced to prison Tuesday for his role in an alleged conspiracy to conduct unapproved clinical tests of bone cement, tests in which prosecutors say three people died on the operating table.

  3. November 21, 2011

    Synthes Execs Sentenced Over Bone Cement Trials

    Three former Synthes Inc. executives were sentenced in Pennsylvania federal court on Monday for their complicity in illegal clinical trials of bone cement conducted during spinal surgery on about 200 patients — three of whom died on the operating table.

  4. November 18, 2011

    Ex-Synthes Execs To Be Sentenced For 'Rogue' Trials

    Four ex-Synthes Inc. executives will reportedly be sentenced Monday for allegedly conducting illegal clinical trials of bone cement during surgeries on the elderly, after prosecutors asked a judge to sentence them to prison for running the "rogue" trials.

  5. June 14, 2011

    Exec Says US Can't Prove Intent In Bone Cement Case

    Attorneys for a former Synthes Inc. executive told a Pennsylvania federal court Monday that prosecutors should not attempt to prove he knew the bone cement clinical trials he oversaw were illegal, since he has already copped to breaking the law unintentionally.

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