A British lawmaker is calling for a “sweeping overhaul” of the system by which the European Union approves medical devices, after an undercover investigation found regulators were prepared to license a dangerous hip implant.
According to UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph, Miller is chairman of a parliamentary select committee looking into problems with regulation of medical devices in Britain. He’s quoted ...
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The Mayo Clinic says you’re likely to start by seeing your family doctor or a general practitioner if you’re seeking treatment for urinary incontinence, although you may be referred immediately to a urologist or a urogynecologist if you are a woman.
It’s a good idea to start out well-prepared because appointments can be brief and because there’s often a lot of ground to cover, so the clinic provides some information to ...
continue reading...A story in the Greenville News out of South Carolina concerns a local man who filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of his artificial hip.
The report says Tony R. Bishop had the all-metal M2a Magnum Hip System, manufactured by Indiana-based Biomet, implanted in 2006 after he fell off a horse.
Bishop eventually had it removed last month in a four-hour surgery, after “it caused bone and tissue destruction and toxic levels ...
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A story in the Star Tribune out of Minnesota concerns a partnership between medical device manufacturers and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, designed to help industries get through the regulatory approval process for new devices.
The Medical Device Innovation Consortium will serve as a public-private partnership between the manufacturers and the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Organizers intend to include leaders of industry, academia and government agencies.
The story ...
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A joint investigation by the Telegraph, a U.K. newspaper, and the British Medical Journal exposed flaws in the European Union’s regulatory approval process for medical devices.
The two publications essentially set up a sting operation by submitting approval applications to European regulatory agencies for an all-metal artificial hip implant similar to a model that’s already been recalled over safety concerns. According to the Telegraph, EU regulatory agencies were prepared to approve ...
continue reading...Urinary incontinence, while not life-threatening, can be an embarrassing and inconvenient condition.
And according to the Mayo Clinic, it also comes with a number of complications. Fortunately, the condition is treatable. Although some treatments carry problems of their own.
Transvaginal mesh implants, for example, are marketed for treatment of urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. But the devices have prompted thousands of lawsuits due to their tendency to fail and read more.... --> continue reading...
