Consumer Affairs: November 29, 2018. The US and UK are making demands to the medical device industry for safer and more effective products.
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Here’s What We Know About Breast Implants and This Rare Type of Cancer
SurvivorNet: November, 2018. Ties have been made between breast implants and ALCL, a rare cancer. Patients feel betrayed by doctors who fail to warn them.
Read More »Medical Device Dangers: FDA Facing Criticism Over Missed Signs
Today Show, NBC: November 26, 2018. In this news segment, NCHR’s Jack Mitchell discusses how device safety is handled by the FDA compared to other countries.
Read More »US Goal to be “First” on Devices Worries Former Regulators
Associated Press: November 27, 2018. As part of an investigation of ineffective and unsafe medical devices, this AP article explains that the FDA has changed his focus from safety to “We want the US to be first” to get devices on the market.
Read More »Doctors, Patients Raise Alarms About Cancer Linked to Breast Implants
NBC News: November 11, 2018. There is an association that has been established between a form of cancer and breast implants.
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