The FDA Fails to Protect Americans from the Medical Device Industry

Photograph Source: FDA Building 66 houses the Center for Devices and Radiological Health – Public Domain

Americans cannot rely on the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to guarantee that medical devices are safe, and a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report only strengthens that conclusion.

Two years ago, Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) requested that the GAO investigate the state of the FDA’s recall process for medical devices. This request...