The Therapeutic Goods Administration is demanding answers from the manufacturer of a banned breast implant after the company celebrated the regulator granting access to the implants despite lingering health concerns.

German company Polytech said in a press release it was “delighted to announce that the Australian TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) is allowing continued access to POLYTECH Microthane breast implants”.

But the press release is dated two weeks before the TGA granted access to the implants to six cosmetic surgeons for 36 patients on a case-by-case basis.

The Herald revealed the TGA approved the special access on Thursday - four weeks after the regulator suspended the implants for six months over links to a rare cancer known as breast-implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma.