The FDA needs to hear from you about your mesh-related injury so it can take action.
The Food and Drug Administration cannot possibly understand just how widespread mesh complications are unless you report to the agency. Mesh patient advocate, Jen Snowden, tells you how.
Simply put, Congress has not allotted enough money for the Food and Drug Administration to do its job as a watchdog over the thousands of medical devices on the market, says a former FDA professional.
Reactions are coming in reacting to the sudden death of surgeon, researcher, and tireless patient advocate, Dr. Robert Bendavid, MD.
Writer, mesh-injured activist, and author, Nancy Gretzinger contributes this story about her experience with her implant and a controversial treatment.
This is an important move by mesh maker J&J - There is now more detailed information about the move by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to stop the sale of four vaginal mesh implants.
May 22, 2012 ~ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has as its mission the protection of the American people from dangerous consumer products ...
ProPublica, an independent journalism organization, reports on four medical devices that are among the thousands pushed into the market annually with very little scrutiny.
Synthetic surgical mesh has been on the hot seat of late after a 2011 FDA warning said mesh complications are "not rare," a reversal from an earlier FDA position.
This August 26, 2011 blog on Gateway FDA is written for the medical device industry and its lawyers. The FDA recently issued new draft guidelines so m…
This excellent article by Morningstar reminds us that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been reviewing the regulatory process that allows mos…
The medical device industry is very concerned following an Institute of Medicine report that the fast-track system for getting devices on the market should be abolished.
Sens Amy Kloubechar (D-Minn.), Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn) reject calls by the Institute of Medicine to kill the 510(k) program from Minnesota a hub for that industry.
Judge Joseph R. Goodwin July 26, 2012 ~ A panel of federal judges will meet on Thursday, July 26, to decide whether or not to expand vaginal mesh lit…
February 10, 2012 ~ A survey by a medical device consultant, Emergo Group, released Friday, (news release here) February 10, finds that overseas sales...
Dr. Christopher Walker was facing 10 years in prison for allegedly paying kickbacks concerning pelvic mesh surgeries. Instead, he is being credited for time served and will pay a substantial fine.
The following article from May 2016 is from the husband of a mesh-injured woman. Often husbands are overlooked for the impact a polypropylene implant has on their lives too. Many opt to leave.
