US PMAs Are The New Reality For Metal-On-Metal Hips

Manufacturers have until May 18 to either submit a premarket approval application (PMA) for their metal-on-metal (MoM) hip products or take them off the market, the US Food and Drug Administration announced in a Feb. 18 final order1.

Manufacturers have until May 18 to either submit a premarket approval application (PMA) for their metal-on-metal (MoM) hip products or take them off the market, the US Food and Drug Administration announced in a Feb. 18 final order1.

The agency declined to take several more extreme steps in the order that were recommended by patient safety groups, some...

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