Alere Recalls 803,000 Tests for Heart Attacks
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Alere Inc. is recalling 803,000 tests used to detect heart attacks and manage heart failure patients that failed to meet quality control guidelines.
The recall covers 104 lots of the Alere Triage BNP, Alere Triage D-dimer and Alere Triage cardiology panels that were produced in 2011 and the first quarter of 2012, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company said today in a regulatory filing. The products failed to meet guidelines established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company said.