According to a Bloomberg report, Johnson & Johnson sold a vaginal mesh implant for three years before the federal Food and Drug Administration approved the device.
The report says Johnson & Johnson introduced the Gynecare Prolift device in March 2005 without appropriate clearance. The FDA learned of the device in 2007 when Johnson & Johnson was trying to get approval for a related device.
The FDA approved both devices in 2008, after Johnson & Johnson took advantage of a loophole that obliges ...
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