Global Device Approvals, Weekly Snapshot: July 9-15, 2018
Executive Summary
A snapshot of global medical device and diagnostics approvals recorded during the past week in Medtech Insight's Approvals Tracker. This week, Stryker gets a go-ahead to enter the US flow diverter/aneurysm market, and nine CE marks are highlighted.
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