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Philips settles sleep apnea device lawsuits for $1.1 billion

Philips, a leading maker of CPAP machines, has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle lawsuits over faulty sleep apnea devices. The company said more than 58,000 people have already registered for the ...

A Doctor, Recalled Devices, and a $600K Scheme That Misled Patients

A doctor in Washington was sentenced to a year in jail for a scheme involving recalled Philips CPAP machines. Sleep ...
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Around 18,000 breathing machines remediated in Ireland after defect led to recall

Some 70 incident reports potentially related to the affected machines were received by the Health Products Regulatory ...
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How Lincare cashed in on the disastrous recall of Philips breathing machines — at the expense of patients

This article originally appeared in ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. For ...
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Philips reaches $1.1 billion settlement for CPAP machine lawsuits, admits no fault or liability

(CNN) — Medical device maker Philips announced a nearly $1.1 billion personal injury settlement over some of its CPAP, ventilators and BiPAP machines that were at the heart of a massive recall in 2021 ...
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Philips chief OK'd distribution of defective CPAP machines: ProPublica

Though Philips has argued in court that its U.S. subsidiary should bear the sole responsibility of paying out damages related to its massive CPAP machine recall, instructions to continue selling ...
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Philips settles suits over its DreamStation sleep apnea machines for $1.1 billion

Dutch medical device maker Philips said Monday it had reached a $1.1 billion deal in the United States to settle lawsuits over faulty sleep machines in a case that have dogged the company. The company ...
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FDA warns of Philips CPAP machines overheating, causing patient injuries

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Reports of fire, smoke, burns and other signs of overheating are emerging for DreamStation 2 CPAP machines by ...
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The Philips CPAP nightmare exposes shortcomings in medical device regulation

Millions of Americans’ bedtime routine includes wearing a mask attached to a respiratory machine that pushes air into their lungs, supporting their breathing during sleep. These airway pressure ...
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FDA: Recalled Philips BiPAP, CPAP machines tied to more than 560 deaths

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated a recall affecting millions of Philips sleep apnea machines, now saying that they may been linked to at least 561 deaths. The agency, in a statement ...
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Philips ends CPAP sales in the U.S.

Philips will halt sales of its bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines under a tentative agreement it reached with the U.S. Food and Drug ...