FDA urged to rethink approval of medical devices
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 22:00
in Health & Medicine
A review requested by the agency calls for a new system for evaluating and approving many high-risk medical devices before they reach the market.Katherine Ayers was 36 when she decided the pain in her hip had become too much to bear. A surgically implanted metal-on-metal hip joint soon made her pain-free.