Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, we are counsel for Nidek, Inc., which is discussed in your article, dated October 21, 2008, entitled "Class Action Lawsuit Filed for Illegal Use of Nidek Lasers for Lasik." Nidek denies any allegations of supposed wrongdoing on its part as alleged in the complaint and intends to vigorously defend this action, which is almost identical to another action filed by the same attorneys in early 2005 in the California Superior Court for the County...
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September 5th, 2008 Dear Editor, Recently LASIK Newswire reported that a citizen petition was filed with the FDA to ban LASIK. The petition is based on substantial deception in the labeling and an unreasonable and substantial risk of injury. The FDA's own data from LASIK clinical trials is cited. The petition states, "A meta-analysis of Summaries of Safety and Effectiveness for the twelve lasers approved from 1998 through 2004 (exhibit B) found that six months after LASIK, 17.5% of patients...
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