De novo summary documents published by the US FDA sheds more light on the agency’s work approving two de novos for Apple Watches last year. At the time, the approvals sparked concern from industry stakeholders on whether the company received preferential treatment. Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb pushed back against the notion in a lengthy blog post late last year.

Medtronic says that most of the clinical trials it is sponsoring are paused due to the pandemic, which means the completion of its PMA application for the Symplicity Spyral renal denervation system will be delayed.

Three-month results of the SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED pivotal trial show renal denervation with Medtronic’s Symplicity Spyral system significantly reduced blood pressure in hypertensive patients not taking anti-hypertensive medications.