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...part of America's beleaguered system for regulating medical products. To be fair, legal action is not only a valuable recourse for patients who have been harmed; it can also expose problems overlooked by regulators. It was lawsuits in Michigan and California -- and aggressive reporting by newspapers -- that revealed Dow Corning Wright's internal memos concerning the risks of silicone- gel implants...
...virtues of the judicial system, the courtroom is not the best place to work out scientific truths. Lawyers pursuing drug-liability suits often depend on a small cadre of "expert witnesses" to help make their case. These hired guns, complains Frank Woodside, a doctor and attorney for Dow Corning Wright, "don't always have qualifications, and prey upon the sympathy of the jurors...
...fact 80 percent of the implant operations were performed on healthy women for purely cosmetic reasons. Now many of these women are suffering life-threatening illnesses because of the dangers of the implants. Furthermore, much of this could have been averted if the Dow Corporation had not covered up the problems with their supposedly safe product...
...Michigan's early January survey of consumer sentiment would show a dramatic upturn. The results of this particular poll were greatly anticipated because it was taken shortly after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates at the end of December. Word of the alleged rebound in consumer confidence caused the Dow Jones industrial average to shoot up more than 60 points...
...evidence -- some of it still sealed under court order -- that has come to light since the FDA last reviewed safety information in November. At that time, an advisory committee recommended that the implants be left on the market. But studies released in the course of recent legal proceedings against Dow Corning Wright, the largest U.S. implant manufacturer, suggest that the company may have known about safety problems for years and kept them under wraps. Kessler said he has also received a number of case reports from rheumatologists linking the device to autoimmune disorders. The moratorium is in place until...