Market & Industry Briefs
Executive Summary
Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we cover new challenges to the medical imaging industry and to the efficacy of vertebroplasty procedures, final results from the MADIT-CRT trial, and new developments in the percutaneous heart valve replacement and repair market.
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Market & Industry Briefs
Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we cover the transcatheter heart valve market, clinical results on Eurocor's DIOR drug-eluting balloon, additions to Covidien's endomechanical business, and patent disputes in diagnostics.
Physicians and Industry Respond to Recent Vertebroplasty Studies
In August 2009, vertebral compression fracture treatment was dealt an unexpected blow when The New England Journal of Medicine published two articles that detailed prospective randomized controlled trials in which vertebroplasty did not result in a statistically significant clinical benefit over a sham procedure. The spinal community responded quickly to these articles, pointing out shortcomings of the two trials.
Physicians and Industry Respond to Recent Vertebroplasty Studies
In August 2009, vertebral compression fracture treatment was dealt an unexpected blow when The New England Journal of Medicine published two articles that detailed prospective randomized controlled trials in which vertebroplasty did not result in a statistically significant clinical benefit over a sham procedure. The spinal community responded quickly to these articles, pointing out shortcomings of the two trials.