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French firm denies fraud over faulty breast implants

Agence France-PresseMay 18, 2013 01:15
Lawyers for the founder of French firm PIP whose faulty breast implants sparked a global health scare denied wrongdoing Friday as the court said it would deliver a verdict in December. In closing arguments, the defence called for a lighter sentence than the four-years imprisonment requested by prosecutors. Judge Claude Veillard said the ruling would be made on December 10.

Indian medics conduct 'perfect' op on baby's swollen head

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 05:31
Doctors carried out life-saving surgery Wednesday on an Indian baby suffering from a rare disorder that caused her head to swell to nearly double its size, in a case that aroused sympathy worldwide. AFP was given access to film the surgery on 15-month-old Roona Begum, during which doctors used a surgical drill to pierce her skull before draining fluid from her head in an operation lasting more than an hour.

Prosecutor urges 4-year sentence for faulty breast implants

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 01:00
A French prosecutor on Tuesday called for the founder of a firm whose faulty breast implants sparked a global health scare to be given a four-year prison sentence on fraud charges. In closing arguments at the trial in Marseille, prosecutor Jacques Dallest also called for PIP founder Jean-Claude Mas to pay a 100,000 euro ($130,000) fine and to be banned from working in medical services or from running a company. The defence is to present its closing arguments from Wednesday to Friday, after a month-long trial that was among the biggest ever held in France.

Unauthorised replacement hips fitted to 650 French patients

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 08:15
French surgeons have fitted 650 people with replacement hips that had not been certified as meeting European standards, it emerged Thursday in a case with echoes of a scandal over faulty breast implants. Health officials said there was no reason to believe that the non-certified prosthetics posed any health risk but the surgeons involved have been asked to carry out checks, including scans, on the patients concerned.

Maker of faulty French breast implants apologises

April 24, 2013 12:15
By Jean-François Rosnoblet MARSEILLE (Reuters) - The head of a French company accused of selling sub-standard breast implants apologised for the first time on Wednesday, just days after denying that the homemade gel used to fill them posed any danger to women. The breast implant scandal triggered a global health scare and thousands of lawsuits after inspectors discovered vats of industrial-grade silicone outside French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) in 2010.

UK review warns on cosmetic injections, urges tougher rules

April 23, 2013 19:46
LONDON (Reuters) - Cosmetic treatment needs tougher regulation, particularly over the use of injectable anti-wrinkle fillers, which are a "crisis waiting to happen", according to a British review of the multibillion-dollar sector. An independent panel, commissioned by the government in the wake of the PIP breast implant scandal last year, said on Wednesday that dermal fillers should always need a prescription and only qualified people be allowed to use them.

Founder of faulty breast implants firm denies risking lives

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 12:31
The founder of a firm whose faulty breast implants sparked a global health scare told a French court Friday he had not put any lives at risk, as other defendants described him as a controlling "know-it-all". Jean-Claude Mas made his much-anticipated first statement on the third day of one of France's biggest trials, which sees Mas and four others face charges of aggravated fraud for using non-authorised silicone gel in implants.

Founder of faulty breast implants firm takes stand

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 10:31
The founder of a firm whose faulty breast implants sparked a global health scare told a French court on Friday that he had not put any lives at risk. Jean-Claude Mas made his much-anticipated first statement on the third day of one of France's biggest trials, which sees Mas and four others face charges of aggravated fraud for using non-authorised silicone gel in implants. An estimated 300,000 women in 65 countries are believed to have received the implants made by the firm PIP, which some health authorities say are twice as likely to rupture as other brands.

Doctors begin draining fluid from Indian baby's swollen head

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 09:01
Indian doctors on Friday began draining excess fluid from the head of a baby suffering from a rare disorder that caused her skull to swell to nearly double its size, a neurosurgeon told AFP. Roona Begum, who was born with hydrocephalus, a condition that results in a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid on the brain, was found earlier this month living with her parents who are too poor to pay for life-saving treatment.

Founder of faulty breast implants firm takes stand

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 06:15
The founder of a firm whose faulty breast implants sparked a global health scare told a French court on Friday that he had not put anyone's lives at risk. Jean-Claude Mas made his much-anticipated first statement on the third day of one of France's biggest-ever trials, which sees Mas and four others face charges of aggravated fraud for using homemade, non-authorised silicone in implants. An estimated 300,000 women in 65 countries are believed to have received the implants made by the firm PIP, which some health authorities say are twice as likely to rupture as other brands.
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