FDA approval process on medical devices needs improvement
June 19th, 2009 joshua
The Food and Drug Administration must improve its process by which it approves medical devices.
Lawmakers were told by the Government Accountability Office that the current procedures used to approve new and sometimes controversial medical devices, needs to be improved or more people will senselessly be injured or die as a result of these products.
New medical devices hit the market every day as pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers seek to either make improvements to existing devices, or simply re-package old ideas to generate renewed sales on those devices.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are currently debating how to fix the approval process.
Some of the riskiest medical devices in recent years have virtually slipped past regulatory eyes and reached consumers, only to be recalled after injury and death reports began accumulating.
