Establishing the magnitude of the Philips Respironics recall, the FDA has announced that since April 2021, the agency has received more than 116,000 medical device reports (MDR), including 561 reports of deaths, associated with the breakdown of the polyester-based polyurethane (PE-PUR) foam used in the company’s ventilators, BiPAP machines, and CPAP machines.
Source: Drug Industry Daily