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Specter of MRI Disease Haunts General Electric

General Electric is in a liability fight over a rare disease that has been linked to dyes used in MRIs. Nearly all cases of the disease, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, have involved people with kidney problems who used the dyes, but GE says there is no proof that its product, Omniscan, causes the crippling illness.

GE Failed to Adequately Warn about Dangers of its MRI Dye, Jury Finds

March 22, 2013, 2:41 p.m. EDT

'Burn the Data': Did a Company Try to Hide Risks of MRI Dye Omniscan?

March 7, 2013, 12:27 p.m. EST

Late Settlement Averts First Jury Test For Allegations Against General Electric’s Omniscan

Jan. 24, 2011, 2:28 p.m. EST

General Electric Faces First Jury Test in Omniscan Litigation

Jan. 21, 2011, 10:01 a.m. EST

FDA Acts to Restrict GE’s Omniscan MRI Drug, and Two Others

Sept. 9, 2010, 5:28 p.m. EDT

Omniscan: The Story So Far

June 26, 2010, 8:11 a.m. EDT

GE Violated Danish Drug Reporting Law in Omniscan Case

June 17, 2010, 4:59 p.m. EDT

Judge Opens Door to Case Against General Electric’s Omniscan

May 5, 2010, 11:07 a.m. EDT

GE’s Own Safety Team Urged Company to Restrict MRI Drug

April 15, 2010, 5:50 p.m. EDT

GE and Muzzled Radiologist End UK Libel Case

Feb. 18, 2010, 2:29 p.m. EST

Paulson Book: Behind the Scenes, GE’s Top Exec Confided Credit Woes

Feb. 5, 2010, 9:50 p.m. EST

GE Suit Hushes Scientist Critical of Omniscan

Dec. 19, 2009, 4 p.m. EST

FDA Advised to Tighten Restrictions on GE and Covidien MRI Drugs

Dec. 9, 2009, 3:35 p.m. EST

Feds May Tighten Rules on Omniscan, a GE MRI Drug

Dec. 2, 2009, 5:55 p.m. EST

FDA to Take a Second Look at Warnings on MRI Drugs

Oct. 16, 2009, 2:37 p.m. EDT

Specter of MRI Disease Haunts GE

Oct. 15, 2009, 4:16 p.m. EDT