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OUS Approvals Analysis: Expanded CoreValve Indication And Zika IVDs Among August’s CE Marks

 
• By Reed Miller

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.

[Editors' note: For sortable and searchable tables of all 2016 US and non-US approvals and clearances, check out the Approvals Tracker:https://medtech.pharmamedtechbi.com/datasets/approvals.]

Approvals of cardiovascular devices, in vitro diagnostics and new cancer treatments headline August's list of non-US approvals in Medtech Insight's...

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