A joint investigation by this newspaper and the British Medical Journal discloses that the regulation of European medical products is also being “sub-contracted” to questionable Asian firms
yeah I mean so remote …
When asked by undercover journalists why the European Union certification system was so attractive, an executive at one firm, based in Seoul. rubbed his fingers together and said “money”
The European Commission also admitted last night that there are “weaknesses” in the regulatory system, but that tightening the rules may take “some time”.
Yesterday, Mr Hunt said that there was a “worrying and completely unacceptable weakness in the regulatory system” and ordered officials to introduce British safeguards
surely with something as important as implants you'd err on the side of caution - - - well I naturally wood - - -
This newspaper launched the joint-investigation into the pan-European system of licensing artificial hips and other medical devices amid widespread fears that the procedure is open to abuse
of course tom dick or fanny from timbuctoo can mess with an implant of course its important - - -
Official regulatory bodies in Slovakia and the Czech Republic were prepared to approve a “toxic” hip replacement which means it could be sold to the NHS and legally used in unsuspecting British patients, the investigation found
toxic eh - - -
When undercover reporters spoke to him, Vidyyut Kr Bera from BS Certification Services, which is based in Hong Kong, he said that he would assess the company’s application before passing it on to Slovakia for final approval. He said that the “advantage” of using his services was that there were “high chances that the file will pass in one attempt”
what ?
The practices were condemned by experts and the European Commission last night. Peter McCulloch, a clinical reader in surgery at Oxford University, said that regulators offering consultancy services is “clearly a blatant conflict of interest, and it is difficult to see how it could be ethically justified”
on the newspapers it said something about a frontal address I couldn't find
what that meant - - - if that was a building you'd take the
structure seriously not so for a person - - -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9631974/Faulty-medical-implants-investigation-Patients-failed-by-poor-implant-regulation-say-surgeons.html
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of course tom dick or fanny from timbuctoo can mess with an implant of course its important - - -