CDRH Disowns Statutory Authority Over LASIK Ads 01/31/2011

Reprinted with permission from www.fdaweb.com 2/1/2011 Twenty months after CDRH’s then director of compliance, Timothy Ulatowski, cautioned the nation’s eye care professionals not to make misleading or unsubstantiated claims in their advertisements about the effectiveness of lasers used in LASIK surgery, the Center has conducted no follow-up and last week announced it has no jurisdiction […]

LASIK Mystery Solved: FDA ‘Declassifies’ Secret Ads Policy

Reprinted with permission from www.fdaweb.com 02/01/2011 Direct from FDA’s “egg on our face” department comes the confession of press officer Karen Riley that she mislaid the answer to our request for clarification about the agency’s jurisdiction/no jurisdiction over “restricted” device advertising, thus missing our deadline. Our story, CDRH Disowns Statutory Authority Over LASIK Ads, attempted […]