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Humana files RICO suit against Medtronic over Infuse bone graft

June 2, 2014 | By 

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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Josh Sandberg

Josh Sandberg is the President and CEO of Ortho Spine Partners and sits on several company and industry related Boards. He also is the Creator and Editor of OrthoSpineNews.

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