FDA To End Program That Hid Millions Of Reports On Faulty Medical Devices
In the wake of a KHN investigation, the agency will no longer let device makers file reports of harm outside a widely used public database.
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In the wake of a KHN investigation, the agency will no longer let device makers file reports of harm outside a widely used public database.
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For almost two decades, device makers have sent reports of incidents to databases hidden from public view.
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The FDA said it might reclassify the widely used devices featured in a recent Kaiser Health News investigation.
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The Food and Drug Administration has let medical device companies file reports of injuries and malfunctions outside a widely scrutinized public database, leaving doctors and medical sleuths in the dark.
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Doctors and patients say they鈥檙e compelled to use off-label meds as research goes unfunded.
High-profile failures of implantable medical devices 鈥 such as certain hip joints and pelvic mesh 鈥 have prompted the Food and Drug Administration to revise its assessment process.
Alice Ollstein of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss the latest national health spending estimates, another FDA crackdown on dietary supplements and lawsuits between insurers and the federal government that could result in a windfall for consumers.
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