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Volume 28, Issue 2 - Generics and biosimilars

Medical Devices

Abstract

In the last issue, I started to share my opinion on the recently published “implant files”.1,2 As this topic could be discussed endlessly, I focused on an article in a German newspaper, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, that provided a summary about the “10 facts to know about the implant files”.3 In Part 1,2 the first five “facts” were discussed, and this part will focus on the remaining assertions, which are indicated in the subheadings below.

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References

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  2. Doerr B. The next medical device scandal: medical device files – my personal view (part 1). Med Writ. 2019;28:86–9.
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