Families Sue Synthes after deaths during unapproved Bone Cement Clinical Trial

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Families Sue Synthes Over Bone Cement (Walter Eisner @ OTW)
The families of two patients who died during surgery that used an unapproved Synthes, Inc. bone cement are suing.
A lawsuit, filed against the company and former company executives in early March in California's Contra Costa Superior Court, alleges that 83-year olds Ryoichi Kikuchi and Barbara Marcelino died after receiving bone cement injections during surgeries in 2003 and 2004.
Synthes and former subsidiary Norian Corp. pleaded guilty to corporate health care fraud and agreed to pay $23 million in fines after the government prosecu...

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