Hypertension Devices Will Get US FDA Panel Focus
Executive Summary
FDA has set a panel meeting date in December that will include discussion of trial designs and potential indications for devices being developed to treat hypertension. Also, the advisory panel will look at an implantable device seeking approval for use in heart-failure patients.
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