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FDA rejects petitions to alter Cytyc's ThinPrep PMA (premarket approval)

The FDA has turned down petitions from competitors to alter its premarket approval of Cytyc's ThinPrep 2000 System in the US.

The FDA has turned down petitions from competitors to alter its premarket approval of Cytyc's ThinPrep 2000 System in the US.

The seven competitors, including Dr Stewart Lonky, chief medical officer of Tylon, a small Californian company that sells a speculoscopy device, and Cytology West, a Las Vegas imaging services company,...

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