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Senators propose bill concerning unsafe medical products

Posted by William D Davis on Monday, February 13, 2012, In : Health 
Reaching out to fellow Republicans and seeking bipartisan support, US Democrats aim to block of medical devices with safety issues, Bloomberg reports. They mentioned injuries from flawed medical products, including those manufactured and distributed by Johnson & Johnson.
 
In a statement released by the Democrats led by Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts, he explained that the bill introduced would close a loophole that lets devices win approval on the basis of their similarityt to a...

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DePuy Hip Recall Should Have Been Issued Years Back

Posted by William D Davis on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, In : Health 
There is definitely no doubt about it. DePuy Orthopaedics should issued a recall the moment they knew that their implants were defective. In fact, they should have never released their ASR implants to the market, because they never underwent clinical testing procedures set forth by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. It was eventually found out that the ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System both had a failure rate of 12-13%. It can also affect 1 in eve...
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