Medtech regulation under scrutiny

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I haven't had the time yet to read through the articles published by ICIJ here International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - ICIJ , but I'm aiming to read through them to the weekend.

But has anyone here read through them, or have peopled followed the news stories that ICIJ have broken the last few days? See here for example:

Revealed: faulty medical implants harm patients around world
The Guardian view on medical implants: patients need protecting | Editorial
Safety regulations for medical implants condemned by review chair

What are peoples opinion on these stories, and the regulation in our industry?

I've seen a few reactions, from people being worried about medtech in general being dangerous to people from the industry being worried that these stories will lead to even further cumbersome regulation being levied on an already heavily regulated industry. Also saw one comment that expressed disappointment that the journalist didn't wait a while to break these stories to see what impact of the new MDR regulation will have.

For me, it's difficult to form an opinion since I haven't worked in the field of medtech regulation for more than a couple of months, so I'm very interested in hearing the opinions of more seasoned professionals of the industry.
 
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You might want to read this: Medical Device News - Exposé of the harm caused internationally by poorly-tested medical devices.

Further discussion is welcome in this thread as well. Personally I understand both @Sidney Vianna 's and @Marcelo Antunes 's views. I'm old enough to have seen both destructive "exposés" and "productive" ones.

I'm from a medical family, so to speak, so I know that essentially none of this is really news to me. I will state what I have said before - Some of this is that often what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another so that has to be factored into many device and drug failures (not to mention physician "mistakes"). And, there will always be the greed factor.

NBC's news last night addressed breast implant failures.
 
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