OUS Approvals: Cardiovascular Devices Lead Modest List In July
Executive Summary
July 2017 brought 26 approvals from outside the United States, including 14 CE marks in Europe and 12 from five other territories. Almost half of the approvals were for cardiovascular devices; the rest came from eight other categories.
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