Olympus failed to report over 800 overseas medical device defects

Olympus Corp. failed to report 853 medical device defects to the Japanese health ministry that occurred overseas between 2010 to 2017, according to the findings of a group of international journalists.The unreported cases include more than 300 incidents linked to the company's TJF-Q180V duodenoscopes, which were alleged to have caused drug-resistant superbug infections in more than 190 individuals in Europe and the United States.An Olympus in-house report compiled by an independent lawyer and not publically available attributed the failure to the Japanese optical equipment maker's incorrect…READ FULL ARTICLE