The JAMA Network, February 18, 2013. A study in JAMA shows that women have a higher risk of implant failure than men following total hip replacement. In a commentary, NRC President Diana Zuckerman stresses that long-term comparative effectiveness data would enable patients and their physicians to choose the hip devices and surgical techniques that are most likely to be successful for a longer period.
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Metal Hip Implants Face Tighter Controls
Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2013. Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families, said: “There are so many shortcuts at the FDA device center that they often take a shortcut and approve a product with minimal safety testing.”
Read More »J&J Bedaquline and the Evolving Role for Accelerated Approval: Confirming Safety, Not Efficacy?
FDA Beat, December 4, 2012. Discussions during an advisory committee review Janssen’s TB drug bedaquiline showed some interesting thinking around accelerated approval and how much uncertainty can be acceptable—especially when it comes to safety. Yttri warned called “approval of drugs based on the promise of benefit” a “dangerous practice.”
Read More »No Need for Skin Preps to Be Sterile, FDA Told
MedPage Today, December 13, 2012. Requiring that antiseptic skin preparation products be sterile — a standard not currently mandated by the FDA — is unnecessary and wouldn’t produce a dramatic drop in infections, manufacturers, clinicians, and policy analysts told the FDA Wednesday. “We need to have better communication that a product is not sterile,” Dr. Jennifer Yttri said, adding that could come from product labeling.
Read More »Allergan Drops Bid for FDA Approval to Promote Lap-Band for Teens
LA Times, October 3, 2012. The maker of the Lap-Band weight-loss device, Allergan Inc., has dropped its controversial bid for federal approval to market the product for overweight teens. Doctors already can perform Lap-Band surgery on minors with parental consent. The FDA approval would have allowed Allergan to market Lap-Band specifically for younger people.
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