OUS Approvals Analysis: Expanded CoreValve Indication And Zika IVDs Among August’s CE Marks
Executive Summary
August was another slow month for announcements of medical device approvals outside the US, but the short list of non-US approvals this month includes a broad range of device-types approved, notably a much-awaited expanded indication for Medtronic’s CoreValve Evolut R, in six different territories.
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