- Carrie Strasser | April 27, 2009 2:44 PM | Cape Cod, MA
The New York Times reported last week that a rare internal meeting was held by the FDA on Wednesday to address the complaints surrounding the medical device approval process.
Dr. Donna-Bea...
- Chrissie Cole | July 30, 2011 11:35 AM | Cape Cod, MA
The approval process for medical devices is flawed and needs to be replaced, according to a lengthy 280-page report released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
As part of a broad agency review...
- Chrissie Cole | July 28, 2010 6:28 AM | Eastern Massachusetts, MA
You may be surprised to know, contact lenses are a top cause of “medical” device complications in children, according to a new study of emergency care released by the Food and Drug...
- Chrissie Cole | October 09, 2009 1:17 PM | Eastern Massachusetts, MA
Parents and caregivers should stop using the “My Baby Soother” pacifier, according to a recent safety alert by The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The pacifiers,...
- Carrie Strasser | April 22, 2009 9:01 AM | Cape Cod, MA
The New York Times reported on a study released Tuesday that indicated that patients who had specialists implant their heart defibrillators had fewer complications than their counterparts whose...
- Carrie Strasser | January 16, 2009 9:28 AM | Eastern Massachusetts, MA
Finally, reform may be coming to the Food and Drug Administration's medical device testing system. On Thursday, the Government Accountability Office released a report requiring the FDA to take...
- Bruce Bierhans | December 06, 2008 11:47 AM | Cape Cod, MA
Overlooked to a large degree during his campaign for Massachusetts Governor, was Deval Patricks role on the Board of Directors of Ameriquest at the same time it was creating and marketing the...
- Chrissie Cole | August 14, 2008 12:17 PM | Eastern Massachusetts, MA
Boston Scientific announced a Class I recall of about 2,200 NextStents due to a defect that can cause part of the devices to break off during surgery. The devices are used in patients to treat...
- Bruce Bierhans | June 08, 2008 8:22 PM | Eastern Massachusetts, MA
In todays Boston Globe, there was a review of a new book authored by Melody Petersen. The book is entitled" Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick...