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Lawmaker Asks FDA To Launch Criminal Inquiry Into Power Morcellators

Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., is asking FDA's criminal office to investigate whether Ethicon and several East Coast hospitals fulfilled safety reporting requirements for power morcellators, which have been linked to a risk of spreading cancer in women undergoing treatment for uterine fibroids.

Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., has asked FDA's criminal division to investigate Ethicon Inc.'s conduct in marketing power morcellators that have been linked to the spread of undiagnosed cancers in women undergoing treatment for uterine fibroids.

In a Dec. 18 letter

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