Invacare Receives FDA Acceptance of First Certification Audit Related to Consent Decree

Invacare Corporation IVC today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found acceptable the Company's first certification audit relating to the qualification and validation documentation for equipment and processes at the Taylor Street manufacturing facility in Elyria, Ohio. This acceptance permits the Company's Taylor Street facility, which is currently subject to limitations on production due to an FDA consent decree, to resume manufacturing and distributing parts, components, accessories and subassemblies to Invacare facilities other than the Taylor Street or Corporate facilities, for further manufacturing or to provide service related to medical devices manufactured at those other Invacare facilities. ''This is an important step forward See full press release