Internal C.R. Bard Memo Shows Medical Device Company Knew Mesh Was Unfit for Humans

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Recently unsealed documents in personal injury lawsuits filed against C.R. Bard over its transvaginal mesh implants show that company executives knew the plastic used in the mesh was unfit for implantation into humans. C.R. Bard (NYSE:BCR) ignored warnings that the plastic used in its transvaginal mesh implants was unfit for use in humans, according to court documents recently unsealed in personal injury lawsuits filed against the medical device company. The manufacturer of the plastic used in Bard's Avaulta mesh implant for hernia repair warned that it wasn't suitable for implantation, according to the documents. Bard executives sought to conceal the use of the plastic from its manufacturer, a division of Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., according to the records.

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