Starts & Stops: 2017 Finishes With Progress For Edwards, Stalled Trials For Boston Scientific

Starts & Stops is a regular feature highlighting Medtech Insight's monthly picks of noteworthy clinical trial announcements, initiations, completions, and suspensions. The list for December is headlined by announcements on Edwards' transcatheter valve technologies. Meanwhile, MValve, a company Boston Scientific has invested in, is not going forward with a planned trial of its MValve dock device with Boston Scientific's Lotus valve, which is currently off the market.

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Editor's Note. The information in our monthly Starts & Stops feature mostly comes from data compiled by Meddevicetracker, which provides real-time analysis of medical device approvals, R&D, clinical trials, and more.

Trials of cardiovascular technology dominate Medtech Insight's Starts & Stops for December – the list of medical device clinical trials announced, initiated, completed, suspended, or terminated during the month, according...

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