Global Device Approvals, Weekly Snapshot: May 7-13, 2018

A snapshot of global medical device and diagnostics approvals recorded during the past week in Medtech Insight's Approvals Tracker.

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Three new novel device or indication approvals were added to Medtech Insight's Approval's Tracker last week, including two from the US and one from China.

Cook Group Inc. gained de novo go-ahead May 7 for its Hemospray hemostatic powder for endoscopic hemostasis, and

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