The FDA said nothing about the payments from the North Chicago company when the panel met to assess new technology, a "breakthrough device" for which the agency "may be willing to accept greater uncertainty" when considering risks and benefits.
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Most of the doctors the FDA tapped to advise it on an Abbott medical device previously had financial relationships with the company, a federal database shows. The FDA didn’t disclose the payments.