Hidden #FDA Reports Detail Harm Caused by Medical Devices
▻https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/910150
La FDA permet à de nombreuses entreprises de fabrication d’appareils médicaux de ne pas rendre public les dysfonctionnements de leurs créations en attendant leur ré-évaluation (puis souvent retrait du marché).
The growing cadre of #exceptions to the injury- and death-reporting rules strikes Dr. Michael Carome, director of the Public Citizen Health Research Group, as a retreat by the FDA from making crucial #information available for researchers and #patients.
“It’s just another example of a flawed oversight system,” he said, “bent toward making it easier for industry rather than making protection of public health the primary goal.”
