Medtronic's MIS
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Indictment against Micro Interventional Systems founders Ronald Dieck and Erin McGurk is dropped by Northern California federal prosecutors Feb. 27. Dieck and McGurk were charged with defrauding the FDA by falsifying data in 510(k) submissions before and after the firm's acquisition by Medtronic in November 1995. Medtronic divested MIS in 1997 and filed a civil action in 1998. A stay on Medtronic's civil case against Dieck and McGurk is expected to be lifted and the suit will proceed in arbitration
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