TY - JOUR AB - Biomedical Safety & Standards Concise, accurate news reports for medical device safety professionals BS&S FEATURE April 15, 2022 Volume 52 The Worst Behavior in Medicine? 2021 Number 7 IN THIS ISSUE Shkreli Award “Winners” Recalls & Field The Lown Institute recently presented the 2021 Shkreli Corrections—Class I Awards for the most outrageous and duplicitous behavior Getinge Sevoflurane and practices across medicine. The award, of course, is Vaporizers .......................... 49 named after pharmaceutical executive (“pharma bro”) HawkOne Directional Martin Shkreli, who is serving prison time for his Atherectomy System .......... 50 outrageous business practices. Puritan Bennett 980 Series Ventilators ......................... 51 Nobel Peace Prize winner Bernard Lown, MD, Synergy Cranial and developer of the defibrillator and cardioverter, founded the Lown Institute in StealthStation S7 Cranial 1973. The Lown Hospitals Index, a signature project of the Institute, is the first Software ............................. 51 ranking to assess the social responsibility of US hospitals by applying measures WIRION Embolic never used before like racial inclusivity, avoidance of overuse, and pay equity. Protection Device ............... 51 In this year’s Shkreli awards, the Lown Institute decided to highlight the Recalls & Field work of “innovative profiteers … who have particularly creative ways of Corrections—Class II TI - WIRION Embolic Protection Device JO - Biomedical Safety Standards DO - 10.1097/01.bmsas.0000825176.34855.27 DA - 2022-04-15 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/wirion-embolic-protection-device-Xj6IDayuTo SP - 51 EP - 52 VL - 52 IS - 7 DP - DeepDyve ER -