Allergan considering selling off Lapband side of business

I have a hard time drawing any conclusions (pro or con) about the band based on that report. The US economy is in tough shape, the popularity of bariatric surgery in general is leveling off, and insurance coverage for bariatric surgery is still a challenge. All the other bariatric surgery procedures can have serious complications and failure rates, but it's easier to point the finger of blame at a single manufacturer of a medical device than it is to blame the thousands of surgeons who are doing procedures that don't use a medical device. The FDA isn't looking over the shoulders of all those surgeons the way it scrutinizes Allergan or Ethicon Endo.

That's my take on it, anyway.