US FDA Greenlights First-In-Kind Diagnostics, Device
Executive Summary
The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved several first-of-a-kind diagnostics and a medical device, including a test kit for prosthetic joint infections, a Zika virus test and an electric field device to treat cancers.
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