The ICIJ has investigated tens of thousands of medical devices and how they're made, approved and monitored by regulators worldwide. Toronto-based surgeon Dr. David Urbach says patients — and even some doctors — may not realize the limitations of pre-market testing of medical devices in this country. The agency is amending regulations to make it mandatory for hospitals to report suspected problems with medical devices. Last year, she petitioned the House of Commons to make clinical trial data for medical devices publicly available. The federal government denied her request, assuring her that "Canada's medical devices regulatory system is one of the most rigorous in the world."

Source: CBC News November 25, 2018 17:00 UTC