June 2, 2014 | By Varun Saxena
The Infuse Bone Graft continues to be a pain in the back for Medtronic ($MDT). Health insurer Humana filed a May 30 lawsuit against the device giant for providing misleading information about the bone graft, MassDevice reports.
The lawsuit cites the Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations statute and was filed in Tennessee Western District Court.
“Defendants paid for and sponsored publication of academic and peer-reviewed literature that falsely represented Infuse and [recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-2] as safe and effective for uses not approved by the Food & Drug Administration. Defendants knew or should have known that Humana would rely on the fraudulent literature to pay for Infuse and/or BMP,” says the lawsuit, according to MassDevice.
Read more: Humana files RICO suit against Medtronic over Infuse bone graft – FierceMedicalDevices http://www.fiercemedicaldevices.com/story/humana-files-rico-suit-against-medtronic-over-infuse-bone-graft/2014-06-02#ixzz33VD1aZvM
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