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Monash IVF reaches $56m settlement with 700 former patients after allegedly destroying potentially viable embryos
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Class action claimed 35% of embryos destroyed after flawed testing could have resulted in viable pregnancy
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Monash IVF has reached a $56m no admission of liability settlement with more than 700 former patients for destroying embryos during faulty genetic screening.
The landmark class action claimed about 35% of embryos found to be abnormal by the flawed testing were actually normal and could have potentially resulted in viable pregnancy.
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