'More Needs To Be Done' At FDA To Ensure Safe, Effective Medications For Consumers, Op-Ed States (Medical News Today)
"For too long [FDA] has behaved as though its job is to speed brand-name drugs to market, not to ensure that they are safe and effective," Marcia Angell, a senior lecturer in social medicine at Harvard Medical School, writes in a Boston Globe opinion piece. She continues that "while new leadership [at the agency] is crucial, more needs to be done.

Core Essence Receives FDA Approval For SECURUS(TM), An Innovative Knotless Suture Anchor System (Medical News Today)
Core Essence Orthopaedics, Inc., a medical device company focused on soft tissue and skeletal repair of the extremities, announced that it has received 510(k) regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SECURUS(TM), a novel knotless suture anchor system used in minimally invasive, arthroscopic surgery.