Allergan agrees to settlement in alleged defective Lap-Band case

The company concealed defects by misrepresenting the cause of leaky ports to the FDA, the public, and health care providers.

By Denny Jacob | April 23, 2018 at 01:14 PM

The Lap-Bands Allergan sold allegedly had defective access ports used in the implantation process on the patient.

New Jersey-based Allergan Inc. has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve allegations the company knowingly sold defective Lap-Bands to health care professionals for use in procedures to assist patients with weight loss, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced.

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