Fwd: Response from Representative Vic Snyder

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More BS!!! - Rogene

--- ar02ima.pub@... wrote:

> From: <ar02ima.pub@...>

> <saxony01@...>

> Subject: Response from Representative Vic Snyder

> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:50:15 -0400

>

>

> April 21, 2005

>

> Rogene Schorer

> 127 Mesero Way

> Hot Springs Village, Arkansas 71909-6023

>

> Dear Rogene:

>

> Thank you for contacting me regarding the Food and

> Drug

> Administration's (FDA) review of silicone breast

> implants. I

> appreciate hearing from you.

>

> The FDA's General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel

> of the

> Medical Devices Advisory Committee released their

> decision

> regarding silicone breast implants on April 13,

> 2005. The

> committee ruled that silicone implants made by

> Mentor, Inc. are

> safer and more durable than older versions. The FDA

> did not

> approve implants made by Inamed Corp., which failed

> to satisfy

> lingering concerns about how often the implants

> break apart and

> leak inside women's bodies. I recognize there is

> considerable

> public interest in this issue and therefore will pay

> close attention to

> legislative initiatives that would affect the FDA's

> decision.

>

> Again, thank you for contacting me. I look forward

> to hearing

> from you in the future.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Vic Snyder

> Member of Congress

>

>