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Philips settles US lawsuits over faulty sleep machines with $1.1B deal

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Since 2021, the company has been battling a series of crises over its DreamStation machines for sleep apnoea, a disorder in which breathing stops and starts during sleep.

Jeffrey Reed, who experienced persistent sinus infections and two bouts of pneumonia while using a Philips CPAP machine, poses with the device at his home / Photo: AP Archive

Philips said in a statement on Monday that it had reached an agreement with the plaintiffs"to resolve the personal injury litigation and the medical monitoring class action to end the uncertainty associated with litigation in the US."

 

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