Democrats Want to Let FDA Block Devices Tied to Recalls
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U.S. regulators should be able to block medical devices based on past products with safety issues, said House Democrats, citing injuries from transvaginal implants like those made by Johnson & Johnson and C.R. Bard Inc.
A bill introduced this week would close a loophole that lets devices win approval even when they’re similar to a product already pulled from the market, the Democratic lawmakers, led by Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts, said in a statement yesterday.