Novasys: Using Clinical Trials to Drive Adoption for Incontinence

Novasys Medical is using radio frequency (RF) energy to treat stress urinary incontinence in women. The company chose to adopt a much more rigorous and expensive clinical trials strategy than was needed to gain FDA approval of its device. This approach flummoxed the FDA,, slowing approval of the company's IRenessaI system. Novasys is betting that the enhanced data collected from its clinical study will result in the company gaining faster reimbursement that it hopes will drive adoption.

by Stephen Levin

Nowhere has the current increased concern of regulators and industry about the long-term safety of medical devices been reflected more...

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