Claims that may eventually be filed by the injured parties for possible damages caused as a result of the implantation of the prostheses should be addressed to the French manufacturer POLY IMPLANT, as it is responsible for the fraud, having deliberately modified the specifications declared in the file submitted to obtain the CE certification, or, if applicable, to its liquidator, as it is in bankruptcy.
The injured parties also have the right to participate in the legal proceedings taking place in France, where legal proceedings have already been initiated to this effect.
In addition, Spanish patients may apply to the competent Spanish courts for recognition of the damage.
Details of the liquidator of the company POLY IMPLANT according to the information provided by the French authorities and available at this time.
Simon Laure – Mandataire Judiciaire – 5 rue Berthelot – 83 000 TOULON.
Tél.: +33 4 94 92 51 53, Fax.: +33 4 94 92 55 08
Data from the French Court investigating the PIP prosthesis case according to the information provided by the French authorities and available at this time.
Tribunal de Grande Instance, 6 Rue Joseph Autran, 13006 Marseille.
Tél.: +33 4 91 15 50 50
Healthcare professionals must report any rupture, as well as any other complication detected in the follow-up and explantation of PIP breast prostheses to the medical device surveillance point of their Autonomous Community according to the procedure established in the Guidelines for the application of the surveillance system by healthcare centers and professionals (Ref.: AEMPS/CTI-PS/October 2010) and the related forms.
