FDA Approves Biotronik’s Thin-Strut Orsiro Coronary Stent
Executive Summary
Bioresorbable-polymer, sirolimus-eluting Orsiro outperformed Abbott’s market-leading Xience durable-polymer, everolimus-eluting stent at the two-year follow-up in the BIOFLOW V trial. The company stresses that Orsiro is the first and only ultrathin drug-eluting stent to beat Xience in a randomized trial.
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