Anne M. Weber, MD, MS Dr. Weber is on sabbatical from her position as Program Officer in the Female Pelvic Floor Disorders Program, Contraception and Reproductive Health Branch, Center for Population Research, at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Md. She is an author of OBG Management Update articles on urinary incontinence.
The author reports no financial relationships relevant to this article.
Businesses succeed only when their products are purchased. If clinicians refused to be participants whenever the device industry introduces unproven treatments into the market, industry would be compelled to test their products beforehand. Patients would benefit—by being able to make truly informed choices, with adequate information about risk and benefit. Clinicians would benefit—by being able to provide the most effective treatment without sacrificing their integrity in the process. Ultimately, industry would benefit, by profiting appropriately from products that truly help our patients. Is that an impossible wish?
