Copyright Dickinson FDA Webview at www.fdaweb.com. Republished with permission. 03/31/2021 The leader of a Facebook group involving patients injured by LASIK eye correction procedures is urging FDA acting commissioner Janet Woodcock to crack down on false and misleading advertising by LASIK providers. Paula Cofer, who founded the 7,400-member LASIK Complications Facebook Group in 2014 to […]
FDA Lifts, Then Dashes LASIK Patients’ Hopes
Copyright Dickinson FDA Webview at www.fdaweb.com. Republished with permission. After a decade of stonewalling injured patients’ complaints about adverse reactions to LASIK vision-therapy laser surgeries, CDRH last week lifted their hopes for a change of heart at a one-hour meeting — then dashed them five days later in a 9/18 statement that doubled down on […]
FDA Meets with Patients Advocating LASIK Ban
NEWS RELEASE September 7, 2018 Contact: Morris Waxler, PhD, 608-219-7947, morriswaxler@gmail.com Mark your calendar for a news conference with a group advocating a ban on LASIK eye surgery. The news conference will take place on September 13, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM, in the Maple Room at the Sheraton Hotel, 8777 Georgia Ave., Silver […]