germany's regulatory system has failed patients like thomas waskow.the clinic in layer declined comment for this report. the clinics head physician has now been fired in connection with illegal payments made by the manufacturer. the british manufacturer has now filed for bankruptcy the former managing director told us that the devices did comply with all government regulations but he declined to comment on problems with the animal tests. in two thousand and fourteen this dutch journalist showed how easy it is to get approval for a medical device in europe. we're designing a device that's not safe at all like a mesh implant that helps to stabilize the uterus we found all the component parts at the supermarket and took some photos of now it's ready to go. and back. similar products are already on the market so the journalists didn't even need to sign up for clinical trials that use human test subject. an estimated ninety percent of such high risk medical devices don't have to go through clinical trials either. and if it is from people the journalists ma