The controversial Wingspan brain-stent system may remain on the market, the FDA decided last month, in spite of a well-accredited study finding that the Stryker Corp.-manufactured system might actually be detrimental to patients’ health.
The Wingspan stent is intended to physically widen brain arteries blocked by plaque, thus helping prevent stroke. But the study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that patients who received the device and medication were significantly more likely to suffer a stroke or die than patients who received only medication.
Following that finding, several parties requested that the FDA remove the Wingspan stent from the market. Instead, the agency merely limited the device’s use. Critics say the FDA is not making decisions in an evidence-based manner and is endangering stroke victims’ lives.
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