Docs plan industry collab to study paclitaxel devices

Non-for-profit org Viva Physicians said yesterday that it will lead a pan-industry effort to study the use of paclitaxel-eluting devices for the treatment of peripheral artery disease in above-the-knee applications.
The initiative comes on the heels of a meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Heart Association this month showing a potential link between increased long-term mortality outcomes and paclitaxel devices.
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Source: Mass Device - January 22, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Drug-Device Combinations Featured Pharmaceuticals Vascular Wall Street Beat Boston Scientific Medtronic Royal Philips Source Type: news