When Do Two Wrongs Make A Right? At The FDA

When Do Two Wrongs Make A Right? At The FDA

October 15, 2015

#FDAFuckUps

NuVasive, a spinal company out of San Diego, just won the FDA lottery as they were just awarded the First-Ever FDA 510(k) Clearance of Cervical Corpectomy, which sounds just like a typical day, a new device gets clearance for marketing to the medical community & patients, oh but it’s so much more….

The FDA’s own

Mark M. Melkerson-S,
Director
Divison of Orthopedic Devices
Office of Device Evaluations
Center for Devices & Radiological Health

Just made it rain up in da club hospitals

but

guess who will likely end up with the crippling bill

for this First-Ever FDA 510(k) Clearance of Cervical Corpectomy?

Brian Buntz of Qmed breaks it down: Fraud Allegations Surround Spinal Device Greenlit by FDA