Abbott Says It Received Subpoena in U.S. Probe of Stent Sales - Bloomberg.com

Abbott Says It Received Subpoena in U.S. Probe of Stent Sales - Bloomberg.com: "Abbott Laboratories said it was subpoenaed last month by the U.S. Justice Department in connection with the sales and marketing of bile-duct stents. . . . The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned about illegal sales of stents when it met in March 2007 with the companies that make the devices, among them Boston Scientific Corp., Alveolus Inc. and Johnson & Johnson. Boston Scientific, based in Natick, Massachusetts said in February the Justice Department was investigating whether the company and other suppliers were illegally promoting the devices for unapproved uses. "