French court clears notified body in PIP breast implant case
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
A French court of appeal has overturned a negligence conviction against TÜV Rheinland in a case about the role the German notified body played in evaluating fraudulently manufactured PIP breast implants1.
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