A Name Blacked Out, a Reputation at Risk

NY Times By BARRY MEIER  Published: November 26, 2012  –  Is covering a product’s name in a public document a sign that a company has something to hide? And how should doctors, patients and investors react if the product at issue is one on which peoples’ lives and a company’s fortunes depend?  Dr. Robert Hauser, a cardiologist who studies heart devices, has raised concerns about wires in defibrillators from St. Jude.  Such questions now loom over St. Jude Medical after the disclosure last week that its executives had blacked out the name of a heart device component when they released a critical federal report involving the product.  Read more