I read the article titled, Building the Pathway to Successful Use of Real World Evidence. This BoneZone article discusses the potential of using clinical evidence in improving patient safety and product development in orthopedics, highlighting its benefits and challenges, and drawing parallels with its successful application in the pharmaceutical industry.
Sounds great ! Everybody says that they wants more clinical data, but I don't believe it.
Let's start with the easy ones.
Certainly the FDA and EUMDR want more clinical data.
The insurance companies want more clinical data.
The national registries want more clinical data.
Outside of the regulatory agencies, my thesis is that the orthopedics industry does not really care about real clinical outcomes evidence.
Let's look at each cohort individually.
Surgeons
Most surgeons say that they are interested in clinical data but their product purchasing behavior does not support this narrative. Let's face it. Most surgeons are interested in shinny new objects. They want to be using the latest technology regardless of supporting clinical data. By definition, these newer technology products do not come with clinical data. This is w...
