Device Week, 25 February 2022 – CardioMEMS, G7 Data, And Investment Outlook

In this edition of Device Week, Medtech Insight’s Reed Miller chats with UK-based reporter Barnaby Pickering about Abbott’s recent supplementary premarket submission to its CardioMEMS platform, recent safety data for Dexcom’s G7 continuous glucose monitor, and where KPMG expects life sciences investment to be focused in 2022.

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