Better Reporting for Medical Device Injuries
Medical Device Better Reporting Urged. In light of medical devices that have raised concerns in recent years, regulators and lawmakers are both looking to improve the way medical device injuries and deaths are reported. Specifically, there has been criticism over the delayed awareness of power morcellators, devices that can … [Read more...]
Lawmakers Introduce Medical Device Lawsuit
FDA warns Medical Device Lawsuit against erring makers. Democrats in Congress just introduced measures to allow consumers harmed by a medical device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sue the device manufacturer in state court, reports Medical News Today. The move came the day following a Supreme Court ruling … [Read more...]
Lawmaker Looks to Regulate Derivatives
Derivatives Need To Be Regulated. A prominent lawmaker says financial derivatives like credit default swaps need to be regulated. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said yesterday that he plans on introducing new legislation that would force such derivatives onto futures exchanges. The unregulated derivatives market has shouldered much of … [Read more...]
BPA in Medical Devices Concerns Lawmaker
Rep Rosa DeLauro urges the US FDA Science Board follow Health Canada’s lead and expand its inquiry. Representative Rosa DeLauro (Democrat-Conneticut) is urging the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Science Board follow Health Canada’s lead and expand its inquiry of bisphenol A (BPA) by identifying all medical devices containing … [Read more...]
Prodisc Clinical Trials Scrutinized
Prodisc Clinical Trials, Center of An Investigation. Prodisc, an artificial spine disc now made by the Swiss company Synthes, is at the center of a congressional investigation into the close financial ties between doctors and the makers of drugs and medical devices. Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Synthe's … [Read more...]
Selling Recalled Toys Should be a Crime, New York Lawmaker Says
Selling recalled toys would be a crime in New York if one state lawmaker has his way. The proposed toy recall law comes in response to what has been dubbed the “year of the recall” by some, as millions of dangerous toys have been removed from the market. Yet despite widely published toy recalls, many recalled items are still being … [Read more...]
Experts Debate Safety of Various Weight-Loss Surgeries While Lawmaker Urges Strict Oversight of Obesity Surgery Programs
Overweight Americans Have Several Weight-Loss Surgeries. Overweight Americans now have several surgical options to help them lose weight, including gastric bypass surgery, adjustable stomach bands, and an operation which removes part of the stomach and reroutes the intestines. Doctors, however, are divided on what is the safest and … [Read more...]
Lawmaker Seeks Release of Antidepressant Data
Antidepressant Unpublished Clinical Trial. A congressional lawmaker wants four big drug makers to provide unpublished clinical trial data about their antidepressant pills. U.S. Rep. James Greenwood (R-Pa.), who chairs the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, wrote a letter to the companies "in light of protecting the … [Read more...]
