Medtronic: Patient deaths left out of paclitaxel-coated balloon analysis
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said last week that it inadvertently omitted an undisclosed number of patient deaths from recent studies of its paclitaxel-coated balloons.
The company noted that the mistake ultimately does not affect the conclusion that there was no statistically significant difference in all-cause mortality between its In.Pact Admiral drug-coated balloon and plain balloon angioplasty at five years.
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Source: Mass Device - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Drug-Device Combinations Featured Pharmaceuticals Regulatory/Compliance Wall Street Beat Medtronic Source Type: news
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