implant files: what you should know about

25 November 2018

Translation of a German publication	Berndt C, Langhans K, Much M, Obermaier F
Medical products are hardly tested, incidents and defects frequently hushed: The ten most important results of the great Implant file enquiry. 1 The number of the injured and dead bodies in connection with medical products increases. 2 Many artificial limbs and implants are tested only at men. 3 There is no state admittance for artificial limbs and implants in Europe. 4 Private enterprises decide whether a product may be implanted. 5 The certification system is feeble and extremely fault-prone. 6 Equipment which was tested hardly or not at all is often implanted. 7 Most studies are financed by the industry. 8 If something goes wrong, patients learn nothing from it often. 9 The authorities get working in the rarest cases. 10. The medical product lobby blocks change.	Süddeutsche Zeitung, 25.11.2018
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