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...spirit of a public health campaign, the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPRS) has launched a p.r. drive to "tell the other side of the ((breast-implant)) story." Public health? Slicing women's chests open so that they can be stuffed with a close chemical relative of Silly Putty? Yes, indeed, because the plastic surgeons understand what the FDA is so reluctant to acknowledge: small breasts are not just a harmless challenge to the bikini wearer or would-be topless entertainer. They are a disease, a disfiguring illness for which the technical term is micromastia...
...fear of lawsuits also forces drug companies to be honest. "I will sue people so that I can protect women," says Connecticut attorney Karen Koskoff. An implant recipient herself, Koskoff co-chairs the implant litigation group at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA...
...course, forces other than altruism may be at work. Attorneys usually work on a contingency fee, collecting nothing if the action fails but pocketing at least 30% of the proceeds if the defendants pay up. The three judgments so far in implant cases have ranged from $4.5 million to $7.3 million. Cases settled out of court can bring...
...silicone breast-implant scandal may, however, change that relationship. Anderson's own trust in the system was shattered on Dec. 12, when he sat down and read scores of Dow Corning documents, including 17 internal memos dating as far back as the mid-1970s, about silicone-gel breast implants. The information surfaced during a liability suit in Michigan. When he finished, Anderson wrote and hand-delivered both the documents and an urgent letter to the FDA demanding that all such implants be promptly removed from the marketplace. "This appeal is not made lightly," Anderson wrote. He noted that Dow Corning...
Drug companies are marshaling their forces to oppose increased government oversight. Those that stand accused are also conducting somewhat belated counteroffensives to limit the legal damage and repair their frayed reputations. Dow Corning, which has been widely criticized for reacting insensitively to the implant debacle, announced that it has retained former Attorney General Griffin Bell to lead an independent investigation into its development and marketing of implants. The company has also agreed to make public 90 additional documents and to ensure that it provides accurate information to the thousands of women calling the company for advice...