FDA Convenes Industry, Physicians To Create International Transcatheter Valve Registry Consortium

The agency held a stakeholder meeting to discuss the creation of an international consortium of transcatheter valve registries to serve as the model for future cardiovascular device registry collaborations.

Experts from industry, government and professional medical societies have taken the first steps toward the creation of an international consortium of transcatheter valve registries. The goal is to establish an important resource for real-world data on transcatheter valve replacement technology and also serve as a model for future international cardiovascular device registry collaborations.

On April 22, FDA hosted an all-day meeting of the new international forum, chaired by comparative effectiveness expert Art Sedrakyan, from Cornell University, and former Society of Thoracic Surgeons president...

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