germany's regulatory system has failed patients like thomas waskow.the clinic in layer declined comment for this report to. 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 2014 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 in plant 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 90 percent of such high risk medical devices don't have to go through clinical trials either. and if it is funky the journalists made an appointment at a c.e. test center

thomas waskow had his repair surgery a few weeks ago he still doesn't know whether he'll ever be able to go back to work . and he's still trying to figure out how this all happened. where to set up who's testing these products the lord not experts apparently on. the history of artificial spinal disks highlights the deficiencies in the european product approval system. this is the former headquarters of rainier technology in cambridge england the company used to. plastic spinal implants rainier was one of thousands of small businesses in europe that were trying to break into the medical devices market. about 10 years ago started testing plastic disks and that booms. after several months the animals were euthanized and autopsies were carried out. the results of the autopsies were later leaked by a whistleblower. dr long is looking through them right now the documents show that there were serious problems with the disks. as among. it's clear from the studies that the implants did not become properly integrated into the spinal system vic's nish to all. later i noticed similar complication