French private sector to begin cardiac device implementation
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The French medical devices industry is optimistic that the country's first private centres to be accredited to implant defibrillators will be announced in January. "We expect that some 15-20 private centres will soon be authorised to perform these operations," Yves Drapp, chairman of Medtronic France, told Clinica.
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