The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) neglected to conduct appropriate medical device reviews, a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.

According to Dow Jones, the GAO report involves some high-risk medical devices. This shocking news follows the revelation earlier this month that FDA scientists wrote to President-Elect Obama’s transition team looking to end corruption at the agency

The FDA is responsible for making sure that drugs, medical devices, and other products are safe to the American public.  It seems it has failed again and continues to put untold citizens who have been fitted or implanted with sensitive and high-risk medical devices in jeopardy.

The GAO’s report charges the FDA to immediately work to ensure high-risk medical devices be thoroughly reviewed as a opposed to it merely providing clearance, said Dow Jones.  Of note, external cardiac compressors are among the types of devices that do not receive thorough review.

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