Fake Medical Device Crackdown Coming
January 31st, 2008 joshua
The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to team with foreign governments to crackdown on fraudulent medical devices imported to the United States, the Seattle Times reports.
A few weeks ago we reported on these devices when highlighting the newspaper’s investigation into so called “miracle machines” that dupe desperate and often terminally ill patients out of thousands of dollars pinned to false hopes.
Thousands of these devices are in the United States. And like many of the other regulatory agencies in Washington, D.C., the FDA does not have the resources to keep these devices from making their way into consumers’ hands.
Makers of these devices prey on those patients who have practically run out of answers as they try to treat a debilitating disease. Some devices claim to have the ability to diagnose and cure diseases and cancer.
One Washington state lawmaker wants to know why the FDA did not issue any warnings prior to the Seattle Times investigation about these devices. So far these machines have been linked to numerous patient injuries and death.
