Rapid approvals for medical devices by FDA leads to increased recalls: Study
According to a latest study many medical devices recalled in recent years by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because they posed a high risk to patients were not rigorously studied before being approved for patient use. The study, appearing on the web site of The Archives of Internal Medicine, said that most medical devices that were the subject of high-risk recalls from 2005 to 2009 had ...

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FDA Criticized Over Device Approvals
Congressional Republicans criticized the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday over medical-device approvals, saying the clearance process has become so slow and unreliable that device makers are moving to Europe and taking jobs with them