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  • FDA Not Doing Enough to Protect Women
    A study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University has concluded that the FDA has largely failed in its responsibility of protecting women from faulty or poorly designed medical devices. Of the 18 devices approved between 2000 and 2015 for high risk application to women’s medical care; in...
  • National Opinion of Big Pharma May Not Be As Bad As Some Might Think
    In a recent poll conducted by The Reputation Institute, one-third of respondents viewed the pharmaceutical industry’s reputation as excellent. Conversely, a third saw Big Pharma negatively. Read this blog and any number of others, and most will come away with the impression that the pharmaceutical...
  • Doctors Explore Alternative to Power Morcellation
    Given what we now know about the risks of power morcellation, it should come as no surprise that the search for alternative methods for uterine fibroid removal has been a fairly urgent one. No surgeon wants to replace a minimally invasive surgical technique with one that requires more recovery time ...
  • Understanding the People Behind the Stories
    Long time readers of this blog know that we go to fairly significant lengths to ensure that our posts are about the drugs, devices, and corporations that put patients at risk; not the victims themselves. Sure, at times, we’ve mentioned specific names when that information has been published for pu...
  • Essure Now Faces Congressional Ban
    Plenty of medications and medical devices have faced the wrath of a displeased public. Thanks to the amplifying power of technology, it is now nearly impossible to ignore an organized group of citizens who have determined that a product or company is not aligned with their best interests. Recalls, b...
  • FDA Links Heater-Cooler Devices to Infections
    According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), heater-cooler devices used during cardiothoracic and other medical procedures may transmit bacteria to patients and cause infections. After examining its adverse event reporting database and reviewing relevant medical literature and informati...
  • Smith & Nephew Receives FDA Warning Letter
    According to FierceMedicalDevices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to medical device manufacturer Smith & Nephew over quality-control violations at the company’s facility in Andover, MA. The letter outlines problems related to some of Smith & Nephewâ...
  • Senator’s Letter Questions Medical Device Approval Methods
    In today’s political climate, it isn’t difficult to view Congressional action on particular and specific devices or products through tainted lenses. We all know that money buys influence, and when a particular member of Congress starts paying attention to a specific device or product, we instinc...
  • FDA Drug Approvals Hit 18 Year High
    In 2014, the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research approved the most drugs since 1996. The FDA approved 41 novel medications last year, 62% more than the 27 approved in 2013. The only year that topped 2014 was 1996, when 53 new drugs were approved. The new drug approvals consisted mostly of i...
  • FDA Addresses Cancer Risk of Morcellation Devices
    A panel of Food and Drug Administration experts says that it is unlikely that power morcellation can be used to remove fibroids from women without the risk of spreading undetected cancers to other parts of the body. The FDA takes into consideration the opinions of its health advisors on these panels...
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