FDA urged to rethink approval of medical devices
Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
A review requested by the agency calls for a new system for evaluating and approving many high-risk medical devices before they reach the market.Katherine Ayers was 36 when she fixed her hip pain. A surgically implanted metal-on-metal hip joint soon made her pain free. But a few years later, she was startled to receive a letter saying the artificial joint was being recalled.