Former Magellan Diagnostics executives have been charged with concealing a lead test defect

Published Date: 08 Apr 2023

Did three former executives of medical device company Magellan Diagnostics cover up the company's malfunction? US prosecutors in Boston said on Wednesday that because of lead testing devices that caused tests to lower levels of lead in people's blood, they said on Wednesday that they had filed criminal charges.

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