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BOSTON — Three former executives of a Billerica-based medical device company are facing federal charges for allegedly concealing flaws in a lead-testing system that authorities say produced inaccurate results for

A laboratory company based in Texas, Genotox Laboratories Ltd., recently reached an agreement with the federal government to resolve False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute...

A laboratory company based in Texas, Genotox Laboratories Ltd., recently reached an agreement with the federal government to resolve False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute violations, stemming from allegations related to unnecessary drug testing claims.

BILLERICA — Three former executives of Magellan Diagnostics are facing federal fraud charges in connection with the alleged concealment of malfunctions in lead testing devices that showed inaccurately lower lead levels in the blood of what is estimated to be tens of thousands of children and other patients.

The problems at Magellan Diagnostics in North Billerica first became public in 2017 when the Food and Drug Administration warned Americans that the company was actually having serious issues with some of its devices returning false results.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing tougher standards on pollution from several chemicals like ethylene oxide, but some in the industry are warning of potential disruption to supplies of safe medical equipment. Also: lead testing, Makena, weight loss drugs, and more.

Medicaid, transgender health, VA health records, abortion, medical devices, covid, fentanyl, and more are in the news. Plus, weekend reads.

Children, as well as pregnant people and others, faced serious health risks because of the inaccurate test results, prosecutors said.

Three former executives from a Massachusetts-based medical device company face charges in connection with an alleged conspiracy to conceal a malfunction with equipment that tested for dangerous lead poisoning in the blood of tens of thousands of children and adults.

Former executives of Magellan Diagnostics are accused of knowingly selling faulty lead test devices for years.