Boston Scientific, 35 states settle
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Boston Scientific Corp. will pay $16.75 million to settle state investigations into flawed heart defibrillators sold by Guidant Corp. , whose substantial legal liability Boston Scientific inherited when it bought the firm last year for $27 billion.
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Boston Scientific receives European approval for its defibrillator.
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The assets of 35 pension systems, including those of Plymouth County, the Essex Regional Retirement Board, Newton, and Andover, would come under the control of a state trust in a proposal by the Patrick administration to boost returns, improve pension management, and provide fiscal relief to cities and towns, according to a new analysis prepared by the state retirement commission.
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About 50 breast cancer survivors and a Chicago medical school have agreed to settle a lawsuit involving a breast cancer vaccine program.
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Boston Scientific Corp. BSX.N said on  Wednesday that inspectors from the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration found no problems at a plant in Ireland that  makes Taxus heart stents, which were the subject of a recall.
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Tufts-New England Medical Center and New England Baptist Hospital plan to jointly build a hospital of up to 190 beds in the Boston suburbs, the first new hospital in Massachusetts in more than a quarter-century.
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Hewlett-Packard Co., a leading maker of personal computers and printers, has agreed to pay &#36;141 million to settle patent disputes with software maker Intergraph Corp., both companies announced Friday.
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The state has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit with a convicted murderer who alleged that state prison staff raped and assaulted her.
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The nation&#39;s third-largest operator of renal-dialysis clinics has agreed to pay the federal government $350 million to settle civil and criminal charges that it defrauded Medicare, a US attorney said Thursday.
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NEWARK, New Jersey  - Four medical device implant makers will pay about $311 million and agree to federal monitoring and other reforms to settle a government probe into improper consulting contracts with surgeons, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
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TRIPOLI, Libya -- A settlement has been reached to resolve the crisis over five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya for allegedly infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus, a foundation headed by the Libyan leader's son said yesterday .
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ST. LOUIS -- The nation&#39;s third-largest operator of kidney-dialysis clinics has agreed to pay the government $350 million to settle allegations it defrauded Medicare.
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JUST WHAT the state needs: another business committee. Well, yes, actually -- if the new Massachusetts Life Science Collaborative can rationalize the state's current hodge podge of overlapping and competing efforts to boost this promising industry. Jobs for at least 600,000 Massachusetts residents and 10 percent of the state's gross domestic product depend on it.
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CHICAGO -- A medical school and a group of about 50 breast cancer patients have agreed to settle a lawsuit over a canceled experimental vaccine program that some patients claimed had kept them alive.
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Boston Scientific Corp. , the struggling medical device maker, said yesterday it made a $1 billion early loan payment and renegotiated some loan agreements, giving the Natick company more breathing room as it revamps its business.
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Boston Scientific Corp. , facing flagging sales for its two key product lines, said late yesterday it will eliminate 2,300 jobs, or 8 percent of its worldwide workforce, restructure parts of its business, and go forward with plans to shed some less-critical assets.
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Boston Medical Center has standardized on Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) technology --  in patient rooms, at nurses' stations and  labs, in the data center and administrative offices --  to enhance its ability to provide quality medical care to every patient.