UK medtech investigation: regulators, industry and experts react
This article was originally published in RAJ Devices
Executive Summary
The May 16 Channel 4 Dispatches programme on the medtech industry and its regulation – The Truth About Going Under the Knife – was emotive, and full of blood, gunge and gore. The investigation, a collaboration with the BMJ, highlighted how beneficial devices, particularly implantables, can be, but also showed how frightening it can be for patients and their families when devices fail because of inadequate regulation and/or lack of compliance or unethical behaviour.