Boston Scientific Gets European Approval for the REBEL: a "New" Bare Metal Stent

Take away the everolimus-eluting polymer from Boston Scientific's FDA-approved Promus PREMIER™ stent and what do you have? The REBEL bare metal stent, which just received CE Mark approval last week and is now available for the European market. REBEL is probably a good name for this device, in that it "rebels" against the historical norm, wherein a bare metal stent platform first gets approved for safety and efficacy, and only then gets coated with a drug-eluting polymer, is tested in clinical trials, gets CE Mark approval and finally FDA approval.
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