According to a new article published by ProPublica, Philips Respironics kept complaints about its dangerous CPAP breathing machines secret while company profits soared. The article says that the company redesigned its best selling CPAP machine in 2010 to silence a rattle that kept people awake. They injected the devices with industrial foam resulting in complaints of oily like substances and contamination. The article alleges that Philips covered up the vast majority of the warnings from the FDA.
It wasn’t until June 2021 that Philips announced a recall of millions of machines. The company admitted that the foam could crumble and send potentially toxic material into noses, mouths and lungs of users. This article is worth reading and is full of many more details of this catastrophe.https://www.propublica.org/article/philips-kept-warnings-about-dangerous-cpaps-secret-profits-soared
JEFFREY NEWMAN IS A WHISTLEBLOWER LAWYER HANDLING HEALTHCARE FRAUD CASES. HE CAN BE REACHED AT JEFF@JEFFNEWMANLAW.COM
