Saturday, October 1, 2011

Congress must act immediately to protect patients

Link here: NYT: Mounting Evidence about Failed Implanted Joints
Demand that Congress act to
-give FDA Patient & Consumer Representatives full voting stakeholder rights
-revoke Supreme Court 2/2008 decision Riegel v. Medtronic - which violates citizen basic rights to justice
-require a device warranty on a percentage of the defined life of the product
-have a robust registry similar to the Clarimed system that was launched at Health 2.0 conference 9/2011

Safe and effective products:  the medical device industry must look inward and respond with integrity to this criticism.  A defensive posture is status quo.

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