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Congressmen Call For Hearing On Safety Of Transvaginal Mesh
January 23, 2012
Bloomberg reports that U.S. Representative Henry Waxman and other members of Congress have urged the Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to hold hearings on Johnson & Johnson's transvaginal mesh and other medical devices. Representative Waxman stated that an inquiry on these medical devices "is critical as Congress considers an overhaul of Food and Drug Administration rules for medical devices."
Earlier in the month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered Johnson & Johnson, along with several other vaginal mesh manufacturers, to conduct new safety studies on surgical mesh when used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.