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This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The French health ministry has issued a series of decrees to confirm new reimbursement listings for several medical devices sold in the private healthcare sector. The listing has been expanded to include: a series of Taxus Liberte coronary stents, manufactured by Boston Scientific; a series of urogenital implants and accessories in the Ethicon TVT series of urogenital implants for sub-urethral support; Embogold micropheres, manufactured by Biopshere Medical, as arterial embolisation implants; and a series of Microval-Intra implants, for umbilical hernias and ruptures. The publication of these decrees is accompanied by price-volume agreements between the reimbursement authorities and the manufacturers for these products.