St Jude- Patron Saint of hopeless cases?

A bit of news:

A software patch to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities in implantable cardiac devices from St Jude Medical, now Abbott Laboratories, was not adequately tested before it was rolled out, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alleged in a Warning Letter to the company posted yesterday ( April 13th).Furthermore, St Jude, which was acquired by Abbott Laboratories on January 4 for $25 billion, is said to have underestimated the risk for sudden battery drainages in its Unify, Fortify, Assura, and Quadra product lines, potentially putting patients' lives at risk.
The FDA states that it wants proof within 15 business days of the letter that Abbott is taking corrective action.

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It would be nice if the company posted to this club about these problems. 

Selwyn

 


2 Comments

Manufacturer announcements

by LondonAndy - 2017-04-16 06:46:14

I agree it would be nice if manufacturers posted such serious announcements here, though (a) it is not something they are likely to want to do voluntarily because of the adverse impact on their brand and (b) the St Jude battery issue has been posted here a number of times in response to new questions, as people clearly do not search the forum before posting their own question, doubtless out of anxiety.  However, if regulators such as the FDA are looking to see what action manufacturers take then such voluntary disclosure on consumer sites may well become more attractive to them in mitigating penalties that may be imposed.  Perhaps the site too could benefit from a "manufacturer announcements" or similar forum, where people can easily find such postings?

The St Jude website doesn't mention my location (the UK), on its support page, so maybe a US, German or French receipient of one of their devices might wish to contact them to suggest such posts?

Once a Saint, always a Saint ??

by IAN MC - 2017-04-16 09:43:46

Although I am not at all religious I do understand that being made a saint is  one of the highest honours that the Vatican can give.

Is it possible to be demoted ?  Can the  Vatican get rid of  saints who let us all down ?

I nominate St Jude to be de-sainted

Ian

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