Public Citizen Watchdog Urges FDA to Recall VNS

A Watchdog group called Public Citizen has asked the FDA to recall the Cyberonics Inc. implantable depression treatment device known as the Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS), claiming that Cyberonics has not proved that the electronic stimulator device is effective.

In a July press release, Public Citizen called the FDA's approval of an electronic medical device to treat depression "One of the Most Questionable FDA Decisions in Recent Memory".

According to the Reuters News Agency, controversy over the VNS is not the only problem Cyberonics is dealing with, as they face delisting fo their stock from the Nasdaq market in a US Securities probe over stock options.