FDA Approves Boston Scientific’s SYNERGY BP Stent For High Bleeding Risk Patients

The bioabsorbable polymer-coated, sirolimus-eluting stent is the first drug-eluting stent approved for this population.

Sep 16, 2019 Fremont / CA / USA - Boston Scientific office buildings in Silicon Valley; Boston Scientific Corporation is a manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional medical specialties
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The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded the approved indications for Boston Scientific’s SYNERGY BP everolimus-eluting platinum chromium coronary stent to include patients at high risk for bleeding, the company announced on 11 August.

This labeling expansion makes SYNERGY BP the first and only stent platform approved in the US for patients at high risk of bleeding. 

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