Abbott Labs

A sign at an Abbott Laboratories campus facility in Lake Forest, Ill. On Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, the FDA warned health care providers and the public about injuries and at least one death in premature infants who were given probiotic products in the hospital. The agency issued warning letters to two companies accused of illegally marketing the probiotics products, including Abbott Laboratories, which was at the center of a recall and nationwide shortage of powdered infant formula in 2022.

FDA announces the recall of heart pumps linked to deaths and injuries

Some pumps used in end-stage heart failure caused a buildup of biological material that blocks blood flow from the device to the heart’s aorta. The FDA’s recall affects nearly 14,000 devices.

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

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Which companies aren’t exiting Russia? Big Pharma

Sarah Varney

Drug manufacturers invested in Russia’s pharmaceutical industry contend international humanitarian law requires they continue manufacturing and selling their products there, even while condemning the Ukraine invasion.

The device, developed and manufactured by Abbott Labs, is the first fully dissolving heart stent approved by the FDA.

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Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Becomes First In Florida To Offer Dissolving Heart Stent

Lynn Hatter

Tallahassee Memorial Hospital is the first in the nation to offer a dissolving heart stent. A new technology hospital officials say could reduce long...