The European Medicines Agency ("EMA") has published a new fact sheet on the safety of metal-on-metal hip implants. The fact sheet provides a summary of the opinion on "The safety of metal-on-metal joint replacements with a particular focus on hip implants" of the European Commission's Scientific Committee of Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks.

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