Caldwell did not propose that the district teach
creationism or alternatives to evolution. "Caldwell's proposals deserved to
be accepted or rejected on their merits . 11 in U.

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Wilkins under oath. All I can ask you about is what you've reviewed, and based on what
you reviewed during the 2004 inspection, you found no evidence of
Utah Medical failing to follow its own procedures; is that true?
A.
The Roseville district ultimately rejected Caldwell's recommendations."
Caldwell's 96-page complaint filed on Jan.

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Q. There was no observation from the 2004
inspection that a corrective action should have been open[ed] but
wasn't; is that true?
A.
A.

Q. UTMD has dedicated, well-trained personnel who understand
the importance of accuracy and following procedures in the course of
manufacturing millions of specially hand-assembled devices.

biotic abiogenesis

And through looking at all of those records, you didn't come up
with a single example in which you believed a corrective action
should have been open[ed] but wasn't; is that correct?
A., with particular interest in health care for
women and their babies, develops, manufactures, assembles and markets a broad
range of well-established, proven safe and effective, disposable and reusable
specialty medical devices. John West, Associate Director of Discovery
Institute's Center for Science and Culture. At one point, the district claimed
that Caldwell had tried to get a school official to distribute a
religious tract, a claim that the district later admitted was false.

neoteny palaeontology

"

During the last four months, scores of FDA documents that would not
otherwise have seen the light of day have been produced through the fairness
required by the litigation process.

Q. Caldwell, who has three
children, says he wanted the district to correct factual errors in its biology
textbooks as well as to introduce students to some scientific criticisms of
modern evolutionary theory.

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The
answers (denoted "A") are provided by Ms. What I recall, I don't remember citing anything specific
to that, so that would be correct. .no, I did not find any instance where they did not
take corrective action. But
in the process of trying to scuttle his proposals , Caldwell alleges that the
district repeatedly denied him rights and procedures normally afforded to
other citizens in the district, banned parents from speaking in favor of his
proposals at a public meeting, publicly attacked his personal religious
beliefs, spread false rumors about him, and even threatened to sue him and
other parents if they continued to speak out. Caldwell's civil and constitutional rights is deeply
troubling.

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I believe our procedures meet those directed by the QSR,
conform to ISO 13485 certification, and result in release of high
quality devices that perform as intended. Additionally, testimony under oath has
been provided by numerous FDA personnel including FDA device specialists and
national experts. Do you ever remember another inspection in which there were so many
observations that you reached a different conclusion than the prior
inspector?
A. This was not
the reception we expected when we sought to exercise our option to
disagree in the year 2001.
"Mr.

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Medical Products,
Inc. District Court in Salt Lake City, alleging failure to comply with the
FDA Quality System Regulation (QSR).

We sincerely regret that the FDA selected this avenue to discuss our
disagreement with observations and opinions made by FDA investigators
and reviewers who never have had the training, responsibility or
experience to manufacture medical devices. For the benefit
of customers, UTMD continues to manufacture and distribute all of its safe and
effective products worldwide without any regulatory restriction.

palaeontology respectable

That's the words I'm using. Yes, correct. As UTMD
proceeds to discover the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, we hope that the new representatives of this Administration
will recognize that this lawsuit was neither justified nor necessary .

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For the corrective actions that had been fully pursued and
completed, you did not see any example of a corrective action that
was undertaken but undertaken improperly; is that correct?
A. The school district's apparent
disregard for Mr.
-- At a public meeting held to obtain parental input about school
curriculum, parents were forbidden from speaking in favor of Caldwell's
proposals.

pseudoscience ramifications

UTMD, consistent with the stated intent of the QSR "to ensure that
finished devices will be safe and effective . That is correct.

evolutionist biotic

S.

CEO Kevin Cornwell states,
"We remain disappointed and surprised by the conduct of personnel
within the FDA who are responsible for this aggressive and
unnecessary lawsuit against UTMD and its employees. That I wouldn't recall without looking at specific
information.

rebuttals evolutionists

. Our efforts to exercise
our option to "disagree with any agency decision, action, or
operation without fear of retaliation" as expressed in a required
attachment to the FDA 482 announcement of inspection was rejected and
ignored.

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Utah Medical Products Inc. Updates Status of FDA Lawsuit

. " implemented and maintains
procedures since the QSR became effective in 1997.

isolate eonic

darwinism rebuttals

That is true. Our request
to mediate prior to filing of the lawsuit was ignored. Caldwell's complaint describes a school district that appears to have
been out-of-control," said Dr.

ramifications purports

One of the national device experts was Monica Wilkins, a
FDA official who formerly reviewed inspection reports, and made
recommendations for regulatory actions including injunctions..

CEO Kevin Cornwell states,
"The Federal Court will interpret the evidence presented by the
government and UTMD to decide whether or not UTMD is in compliance
with the QSR.

Utah Medical Products, Inc.

intrinsic corrigan

periodization neoteny

. On November 16, 2004, UTMD
announced that a FDA designated enforcement official admitted under oath that
the FDA is not claiming that UTMD's devices are unsafe, ineffective,
defective, or causing any patient harm. UTMD welcomed these admissions and
assures users that it continues to manufacture safe and effective devices
without interruption. Wilkins made a number of
statements that support UTMD 's position.

Q.

Q. We've gone through a number of observations today in which you
reached a different conclusion than the prior investigator. Our repeated requests for feedback regarding UTMD's
detailed written responses to FDA-483 observations were ignored . Our
multiple appeals to supervisory personnel were ignored.
Moreover, we truly believe that the right thing for the government to
do is to acknowledge the great performance of UTMD during a long
history of providing safe and effective medical devices for the
benefit of health care providers and their patients.
-- District officials publicly attacked Caldwell for his personal
religious beliefs and spread false rumors about him in an effort to
stigmatize him in the public eye.

eonic ramifications

.

"School officials repeatedly acted as if free speech rights and other
constitutional guarantees applied only to those who agreed with them ," said
Caldwell.

evidences eonic

Our desire has
always been to manufacture and distribute devices of the highest
quality.

The questions (denoted "Q") are being asked by UTMD legal counsel."

For the benefit of shareholders, UTMD affirms its belief in previous
statements in press releases about its conscientious compliance with the QSR,
as well as significant deficiencies in the FDA's performance, which have been
increasingly supported by the evidence in discovery to date. SACRAMENTO, A California school district has been
sued in federal court for violating a parent's civil rights during a
controversy over how to teach evolution.
-- A district committee that was supposed to evaluate supplementary
science education materials proposed by Caldwell inappropriately
interrogated Caldwell and a scientist who supported him about their
personal religious beliefs.

suppositions evidences

(Nasdaq: UTMD) continues its efforts to discover the basis for a lawsuit
filed eight months ago by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) in
the U. The discovery of documents and
deposition testimony of responsible FDA personnel provides considerable doubt
about FDA management of its resources and procedures, and interpretation of
the QSR. As part of her
testimony under oath about her five weeks' duration inspection of UTMD during
2004 along with two FDA device specialists, Ms.
"These are tactics you'd expect in a banana republic, not the state of
California ," said Caldwell.

pseudoscience darwinism

So you found no evidence during the 2004 inspection that there were
procedures required by the regulations that did not exist; is that
true?
A. Correct , for the sample of records I reviewed.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of California alleges repeated efforts, over the course
of a whole year, by the district to deprive him and others of their
constitutional rights, including:

-- A school board member publicly threatened Caldwell and other parents
with a lawsuit if they continued to exercise their First Amendment
rights by urging changes in how the district taught evolution.

neoteny evolutionists

Q.

The facts do not support the FDA's characterization of UTMD in its
lawsuit.
For more than a year, Larry Caldwell tried to get the Roseville Joint
Union High School District outside of Sacramento to consider changing how it
taught the theory of evolution in its biology classes.

biotic eonic

As the discovery process
continues, I am confident that there is credible evidence to support
responsible criticism of FDA performance.

Q.