Sunday, January 23, 2011

Lap-Band maker Allergan wants it both ways

The ads have drawn fire from Jonathan Fielding, head of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Last month he asked the FDA to investigate the campaign as potentially a "misleading promotion" of Allergan's Lap-Band, a device that comes under the FDA's jurisdiction. Among his complaints was that the billboards overstated the suitability of the surgery and were silent on its risks.

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