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Category: Unsafe Medical Devices - Page 6
In late June 2012, a FDA Advisory Panel (consisting of orthopedic surgeons, medical experts, industry representatives, and patient advocates) convened a two day hearing to publically discuss safety data on metal-on-metal hip implants.
In May of 2012, Health Canada issued a safety advisory warning to Canadian orthopedic surgeons regarding metal-on-metal hip implants. The purpose of the advisory was to boost awareness in that country about significant health problems being reported in patients with metal-on-metal hip implants.
On March 21, 2012, Bloomberg reported the news that Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon unit sold a particular vaginal mesh product called Gynecare Prolift for three years before obtaining proper FDA approval in 2008.
More Woes for Medtronic and FDA as ICD Leads Continue to Fail
For patients with a high risk of cardiac-related death, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are usually a demonstrably favorable alternative to medication.
Dr. Rita Redberg and her colleagues at the UCSF Medical Center have published a startling report regarding the FDA’s approval of cardiovascular drugs. According to the report, from 2000-2007 the FDA approved 78 cardiovascular devices with relatively little evidence.
