[Editors Note: Starts & Stops is Medtech Insight’s regular review of important medical device trial announcements as tracked by Informa’s MedDeviceTracker. Click here to request a demonstration. For an archive of previous Starts & Stops and Results Recap, the regular updates of trial-results announcements, visit the Tracking Trials page.]
Starts & Stops: Neovasc Reports Progress On TIARA-II Trial Of Transcatheter Mitral Valve
Starts & Stops compiles all the clinical trial announcements, initiations, completions and suspensions tracked by MedDeviceTracker. This edition covers trial announcements from Jan. 28 through Feb. 4, including announcements from Neovasc, NaturalCycles Nordic, and Elekta.
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