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Manufacturer of Defective Glucose Monitors Pleads Guilty
LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges and agreed to pay a fine for selling defective glucose monitoring systems called Surestep, used in some hospitals and by diabetic patients at home. More...27 Dec 2000
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