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Global Device Approvals Snapshot For March 26–April 1, 2019

 
• By Reed Miller

A snapshot of global medical device approvals captured during the past week in Medtech Insight's Approvals Tracker. This week, FDA approved Channel Medysystems’ Cerene cryotherapy for endometrial ablation and Fidia Pharma’s Triluron hyaluronic acid for knee pain.

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[Editor's note: Complete historical data on global device approvals can be found in Medtech Insight's Approvals Tracker andat MedDeviceTracker].

The US FDA approved two original PMAs between March 26 and April 1.

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