COVIDIEN LTD: Settlement in Rochester Action Entered on Jan. 15

Covidien Ltd., on Jan. 15, 2009, entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims, documenting an agreement in principle, in the case styled Rochester Medical Corporation, Inc. v. C.R. Bard, Inc., et al.

The Rochester Medical complaint was filed against…

C.R. BARD: Health Dept. Probe on Brachytherapy Business Ongoing

C.R. Bard, Inc. is still working with the Department of Health and Human Services’ request for information related to the brachytherapy business of the Company’s Urological Division.

On Nov. 27, 2006, the Company’s Urological Division received the subpoena issued by the…