Guidant has issued alerts or recalls on 20 models of defibrillators and pacemakers, comprising tens of thousands of devices in all...
August 7, 2005 07:47

There is a greater need for scrutiny of the medical device and pharmacutical industry. At present, the FDA is simply not good enough at keeping track of the dangers and preventing the public from being harmed. Read more about the guidant story in the NY TIMES. They tell the story of "how the Guidant Corporation, the nation's second-biggest maker of cardiac devices, handled a flawed defibrillator provides a troubling glimpse into the murky world of medical device regulation." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/opinion/07sun3.html?th&emc=th