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Atherton resident convicted of violating Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act

Original post made on Jul 22, 2016

Atherton resident Bill Facteau, former CEO of Menlo Park medical device company Acclarent, has been convicted in federal court of 10 misdemeanor charges of violating the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, but was acquitted of 14 more serious felony charges.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, July 22, 2016, 11:35 AM

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Posted by Lawyer up
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Jul 22, 2016 at 1:16 pm

Best defense money can buy. If ya got it, spend it. Worked for OJ, $50k a day in legal fees

It's a great country!


Posted by Srini?
a resident of another community
on Jul 22, 2016 at 6:43 pm

Interesting dilemma. The guys certainly need to be held accountable, mostly for stupidity. If the product is proven to work, and do exactly what theyy claimed it would do, then the only harm is that they did not follow protocol. Rules are made for a reason, especially when it comes to medical devices and products. Chances are that this would have been approved, and with a litle patience, they wouldn't be in this mess. The other part of this is the doctors who used this device for their patients. Did it occur to them to check and see if this was a certified or approved product? Was the bill of goods they were sold worth compromizing their patients well being?


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