Did Medtronic Sell and Unsafe Product? (Star Tribune - Business)
Krumholz Begins Infuse Study (Bilione Young @ OTW)
A doctor who Forbes Magazine called “the most powerful doctor you never heard of” is the one hired by Medtronic, Inc. to evaluate and render a verdict on its product Infuse. In their examination and study of Medtronic’s Infuse, Dr Harlan Krumholz, of Yale University, and his colleagues, will address two basic questions: “Does Infuse work? And Is Infuse safe?”
Dr. Harlan Krumholz is the Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Investigative Medicine and of Public Health (Health Policy) at Yale University. He is also the Director of Yale’s Clinical Scholars Program as well as Director of the Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation.
Krumholz is quoted by Janet Moore in the November 14 issue of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Medtronic’s home newspaper, as saying, “I’m not seeking to address how the product was marketed. I’m just sticking to the science. I’m trying to set in place a new way of doing business.” His ultimate aim, according to Moore, is to bring a new level of transparency to the...
