Stryker Must Face Whistleblower’s Buy American Fraud Claim

A former analyst with Stryker Corp. adequately alleged that the company violated the False Claims Act by not complying with Buy American rules when it sold medical devices to the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs, a New Jersey district court said.

Under the Buy American Act, federal agencies can only purchase articles produced in the U.S. The Trade Agreements Act provides exceptions, allowing the president to designate specific countries that can provide goods sold to agencies.

Adrian Medina’s complaint sufficiently claimed that Stryker certified that products it supplied to the government were manufactured in TAA designated countries ...