Global Device Approvals Snapshot: 25 June-1 July 2019
Executive Summary
A snapshot of global medical device approvals captured during the past week in Medtech Insight's Approvals Tracker. The week of 25 June to 1 July was another slow one for approvals, with no new PMAs, panel-track PMA supplements, or de novos. Japan’s MHLW approved Foundation Medicine’s companion diagnostic for Roche’s cancer drug Rozlytrek.
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