Renal Denervation: Device Market’s Gold Rush
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Three years ago, only Ardian was publicly working on renal denervation devices for hypertension, but at last month’s ACC meeting, some said there were now anywhere from 16 to 40 companies in the space. Fast followers don’t want to miss out on an IP land grab in today’s hottest medical device space.
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