TIL the FDA allowed medical device makers to file malfunction reports in bulk into a secret database from 1997–2019, hiding over 6 million cases, including 2.1 million dental implant malfunctions. - eviltoast
Five Things We Found In The FDA’s Hidden Device Database - KFF Health News
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The Food and Drug Administration released two decades of previously hidden data containing millions of injuries or malfunctions by medical devices. Here’s what we’ve learned so far.