Brazil withdraws spinal implant
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Brazilian healthcare surveillance agency Anvisa has withdrawn from use and suspended the manufacture, distribution and commercialisation of a vertebral implant manufactured by Equimed - Industria de Equipamentos Medicos. The action was taken against the Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul firm for its failure to register the Placa Conjugada Cervical device with Anvisa, said the agency.