Those hits just keep on coming for Guidant Corp. The Indianapolis Star
reported that Guidant and six of its top executives were named as defendants in a securities fraud lawsuit. The suit charges that the executives "concealed long-standing, life-threatening defects" in its products to prop up its stock price prior to the company's proposed merger with Johnson & Johnson. The suit alleges that the six executives, including Guidant Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ronald W. Dollens, sold Guidant stock worth $39.5 million this year prior to the publication of the first news article by the NY Times about problems with Guidant's implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs).
Post Title → Guidant Executives Sued for Securities Fraud
