Philips Respironics announced last Monday that it’s stopping sales of their breathing machines within the U.S. following a mid-2021 product recall. The decision, as reported by The New York Times, was ...

Philips said Monday it will stop selling its sleep apnea machines in the US, more than two years after the Dutch manufacturer began recalling the breathing devices for potential health risks. The move ...

In 2021, medical devicemaker Philips recalled 3.5 million ventilation devices after finding a defect that could cause cancer. Now, more than 500 deaths have been linked to the devices recalled less ...

Philips Respironics received thousands of complaints about a dangerous defect in its breathing machines but kept them secret for years as stock prices soared. The devices, including the popular ...

FILE - Jeffrey Reed, who experienced persistent sinus infections and two bouts of pneumonia while using a Philips CPAP machine, poses with the device at his home, Oct. 20, 2022, in Marysville, Ohio.

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Millions of CPAP sleep apnea machines made by the medical device maker Philips and a subsidiary were found to have a dangerous problem, triggering consumer lawsuits and a massive recall in 2021. Now, ...

Earlier this year, Dutch medical device maker Royal Philips reached a $1.1 billion deal to settle thousands of claims stemming from a recall in 2021 of millions of its breathing machines like CPAPs ...

The move comes as Philips has agreed to a consent decree with the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Justice that could cost the company nearly $400 million. In June 2021, Philips ...

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