US Approvals Analysis: Strong Month For IVD De Novos In February

FDA's increasingly popular de novo classification pathway for moderate-risk devices that have no predicate accounted for five marketing go-aheads last month, four of which were for in vitro diagnostics.

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[Editors' noteFor sortable and searchable tables of all 2016 US and non-US approvals and clearances, check out our Approvals Tracker.]

FDA granted market go-ahead for five devices via the de novo classification process in February. That is well above the...

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