In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration discontinued a reporting program that for years collected confidential data from medical device manufacturers about problems with their products.

When that data later became public, lawyers uncovered a big issue with C.R. Bard Inc.’s PowerPort, a medical device, which is implanted under the skin to provide intravenous chemotherapy, nutrition and other fluids.

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