Abbott Vascular recently posted several
YouTube videos about their new XIENCE V drug-eluting stent in
an effort to reach patients -- this effort is also called "direct-to-consumer".
Any comments??
• Tom - the first link posted went to the
Abbott
Channel, which displays all of Abbott's YouTube videos. But you're
right
-- Abbott has added a 4-plus minute scroll of the very detailed IFU (Instructions
for Use) to its videos since The Prescription Project petitioned the FDA
(the
other
medical manufacturers in the petition have either done the same or withdrawn
the videos). The original videos (without the disclaimers) can be seen on
the
watchdog group's website. Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, December 7, 2008
• I have followed the referenced link, it does
not seem quite right, the
correct link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou8XzsK1j9A In
any case, it starts by 14 seconds of warnings, then comes few seconds of animation,
followed by 4 and a half minutes of legal disclaimers and warnings. That's way
more info than I ever got from my cardio doc, while licking nitroglycerin pills
in the ER. Perhaps Abbott already cleaned up the youtube clip. If I had to do
it again, I would
definitely consider it. Tom, San Diego, California, USA, December 7, 2008
• A watchdog group petitioned the FDA yesterday
over several videos posted on YouTube that did not carry the required warnings.
One series of videos
was posted by Abbott, in support of their new XIENCE
drug-eluting stent. Does anyone have a comment? Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, December 4, 2008
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