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Neuronetics Receives FDA Clearance For Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation System For Depression

 
• By Marion Webb

About 50% of the 13.9 million people undergoing treatment in the US for major depressive disorder have anxious depression, which represents a large market opportunity for Neuronetics, according to an analyst.

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• Source: Alamy

Neuronetics, Inc. announced on 19 July the US Food and Drug Administration cleared its NeuroStar transcranial magnetic stimulation system (TMS) for anxious depression based on results from a real-world study. The system was previously cleared to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder.

BTIG analyst Marie Thibault wrote in her 19 July report that the extended label is a “positive update that, along...

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