Findings suggest cardiovascular devices often approved by FDA without high-quality studies

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 16:42 in Health & Medicine

Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.

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