FOI release

PMM3 surgical mesh

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we didn't hold it.

Case reference FOI2025/01016

Received 23 September 2025

Published 24 October 2025

Request

Please disclose: 1. The date MHRA approved and licenced ETHICON’s PMM3 surgical mesh usage in the UK. 2. For what intended purpose MHRA approved and licenced ETHICON’s PMM3 surgical mesh. According to ETHICONS Instruction for use it’s expressly stated that:- “This mesh may be used for the repair of hernia and other fascial deficiencies that require the addition of a reinforcing or bridging material to obtain the desired surgical result. It can be used in endoscopic procedure”. 3. The date when MHRA approved and licenced ETHICON’s PMM3 surgical mesh for ANY prolapse repair in the UK even the ETHICON has never claimed and requested such mesh to be approved and licenced for ANY prolapse repair. If MHRA has never approved PMM3 mesh for prolapse repair as this is a ‘hernia mesh’, just simply state that MHRA has never approved and licenced PMM3 meshes to be used for ANY prolapse repair.

Response

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Documents

• FOI2025_01000 (redacted).pdf (1.0 MB)

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