Apligraf Reduces Healing Time For Diabetic Foot Ulcers By 30%
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Organogenesis' Apligraf living skin construct reduces the time it takes diabetic foot ulcers to heal by almost one-third, the company says.
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