Artefill which is similar to artecoll that has been used in Europe and Canada for 10 plus years has a long track record of patient safety. The company went bankrupt in November but the product continues to be FDA approved, and the lab where it is made has been kept in ready mode waiting for another... more
Was ArteFill deemed unsafe?
Artefill was on the market and was FDA approved. But now, it no longer has a website. What happened? Was it deemed unsafe?
2 answers to “Was ArteFill deemed unsafe?”
A: Never deemed unsafe. Company went bankrupt. But it's back!
ArteFill is still approved by the FDA. It never was taken off the market. What happened was that Artes Medical--the manufacturer of ArteFill and a company who really only had this single product--went out of business (Chapter 7) late last fall...along with a lot of other companies in the economic collapse of... more
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