USATODAY.com - FDA panel recommends against ‘bionic eye’
USATODAY.com - FDA panel recommends against ‘bionic eye’
A tiny telescope designed to be implanted in the eyes of some elderly patients should not receive Food and Drug Administration approval, the panel recommended on a 10-3 vote.
Lets pass over the fact that this is some pretty amazing technology and focus on this: Why should anyone give a rats ass about what the FDA has to say about this? Is this some form of food? Is it some form of Drug? No, it is neither, so why does the FDA have any say over what this company can do with it’s device?