We believe that the The FDA, starting back in 2019, worked in inappropriately close collaboration with Biogen, the FDA became a partner with Biogen, and The FDA made the decision about whether to approve the drug. The FDA were not The FDA. It seems as if the decision was preordained.

Michael Carome

Although we welcome this long-overdue action, this ban comes too late for the thousands of women who have been irreparably harmed by these devices, since at least 2011, there has been clear evidence that these products are unsafe for treating pelvic organ prolapse and lack any clinically significant benefits in comparison to nonmesh products.

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For all these reasons and others, the reported findings of no difference in patient deaths is unsurprising and uninformative.

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The politicians like user fees, because that means they don't have to allocate taxpayer money.