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Guidant Pleads Guilty to Hiding Defibrillator Problems
Boston Scientific Corp. subsidiary Guidant LLC pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal misdemeanor charges for its failure to notify the government about short-circuiting problems in three of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators. The medical device maker will pay nearly $300 million in penalties, the Department of Justice announced.