UK's MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) renews EU alert over false vaginal tape
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued an alert warning of the possible presence on the UK market of a falsely CE-marked tension-free (TF) vaginal tape. The fraudulent Hi-Tec BARG TF is an imitation of the Hi-Tex BARG [Bandelette Artificielle de Renfort Gynecologique] P8 polypropylene mesh vaginal tape, manufactured by Textile Hi-Tec (THT), based in Labastide-Rouairoux, France. The MHRA alert follows a similar warning issued on February 5 2004 by the French regulatory agency Afssaps.