Vitek manufactured and distributed Proplast dental implants, used to treat degeneration of the temporal mandibular joint in the jaw. The FDA recalled those implants in 1991. The whole world sued.

Vitek declared bankruptcy.

Dr. Charles Homsy was an officer, director, and shareholder of Vitek.

Homsy skipped the country.

DuPont manufactured a raw ingredient that Vitek used to manufacture the implants.
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