TIL that a medical device company illegally tested a bone cement on patients killing at least 5 when the cement was injected into their spines and leaked into blood vessels causing massive clots in their hearts and lungs. Company executives received prison sentences of less than a year each.

http://fortune.com/2012/09/18/bad-to-the-bone-a-medical-horror-story/



Submitted April 08, 2015 at 12:32AM by Meunderwears http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/31s41h/til_that_a_medical_device_company_illegally/