MASSDEVICE ON CALL — French medical device CEO Jean-Claude Mas was freed from prison and is awaiting trial after he admitted that he allowed his company to use substandard silicone in breast implants.
Mas will be tried for charges of causing involuntary bodily harm and committing aggravated fraud, Reuters reported. Several other executives who worked alongside Mas at Poly Implant Prothese will also be tried for their alleged participation in the scheme.
Late last year French regulators discovered that medical device maker Poly Implant Prothese had been sneaking substandard silicone into its breast implants for more than a decade.
French authorities started a criminal investigation of Poly Implant Prothese after receiving 2,000 complaints from women who received the PIP implants.
The PIP implants evaded notice despite inspections at manufacturing facilities because the company was given 10 days notice prior to the checks and workers concealed the problem silicone, according to reports.
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