Hip Implant U.S. Rejected Was Sold Overseas

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/business/hip-implant-the-fda-rejected-was-marketed-abroad.html?scp=1&sq=hip%20implants%20sold%20overseas&st=cse

By BARRY MEIER
Published: February 14, 2012

The health care products giant Johnson & Johnson continued to market an artificial hip in Europe and elsewhere overseas after the Food and Drug Administration rejected its sale in the United States based on a review of company safety studies.

During that period, the company also continued to sell in this country a related model, which earlier went on the market using a regulatory loophole that did not require a similar safety review.

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