A snapshot of global medical device approvals captured during the past week in Medtech Insight's Approvals Tracker. The week of 9-15 July was another slow one for US FDA approvals, with no new PMAs, panel-track PMA supplements, or de novos. Informa’s Meddevicetracker reported three non-US approvals during the week.
The US Food and Drug Administration did not approve any original PMAs or panel-track PMA supplements during the week of 9 July to 15 July.
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Precision’s recent FDA clearance for a core part of its next-generation wireless brain-computer interface system opens the pathway to a safer, more humane BCI for researchers to use compared to higher-risk intracortical arrays, according to BCI expert Naveen Rao.
“We believe [the SAPIEN M3] launch alongside PASCAL and EVOQUE will help support the company’s target of $2bn in transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies sales by 2030,” noted analysts from Leerink Partners.
Dexcom announced it received US clearance for its 15-day CGM, which has a MARD of 8.0% and is expected to launch in the second half of 2025 to allow for integration with insulin pumps.
A concealed blunt-tip needle that can be inserted into the heart's pericardial space to treat cardiac arrhythmias has received FDA clearance, providing an alternative to catheter-based methods.
In discussing FDA’s adverse event monitoring, Makary also seemed to falsely imply the agency did not fully investigate the myocarditis signal with COVID-19 vaccines.
The US FDA continues to issue early alerts as part of its communications pilot aimed at improving how the agency manages recalls. This time, the agency is notifying users about two separate intravascular catheters.
The US Medicare agency will hold three public meetings in June and July addressing tremor treatment devices and clinical diagnostic lab tests. The first meeting on June 25 will focus on endpoints for Parkinson’s device trials, while subsequent meetings will address payment rates and codes for laboratory tests.
