An ICIJ Investigation
Implant Files
Health authorities across the globe have failed to protect millions of patients from poorly tested implants, the first-ever global examination of the medical device industry reveals.
Healthcare
Video: A Global Investigation Into Medical Device Harm
By Scilla Alecci
November 25, 2018
IMPLANT FILES
Medical Devices Harm Patients Worldwide As Governments Fail On Safety
By ICIJ
November 25, 2018
- Medical devices improve and save lives, but governments have allowed products on the market with little or no human testing that went on to cause great harm
- Devices pulled off the market in some countries over safety concerns remain for sale in others
- The device industry, and the regulators that oversee it struggle to quickly identify hazardous implants after they are released, leaving patients exposed
- Manufacturers, doctors, and others potentially linked more than 1.7 million injuries and nearly 83,000 deaths to medical devices in reports to U.S. regulators over the last decade
- Some of the highest-profile controversies in recent years involve products marketed to women, including contraceptive coils, vaginal mesh, and breast implant
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