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Drug Coated Stents
Bypass More Effective than Drug Coated Stents For Clogged Arteries
Jan 24, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Drug Coated Stents don’t work as well as traditional bypass surgery. A new study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine states...
Britain Poised to Curb Use of Drug Coated Stents
Jan 14, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The United Kingdom is set to severely limit the use of drug coated stents in that country, amid concerns that safety problems associated with the...
Drug Coated Stents to Get More Scrutiny from FDA Prior to Approval
Dec 14, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Drug Coated Stents will soon be subject to more stringent testing requirements. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to...
Drug Coated Stents Not Worth Extra Expense, Study Says
Nov 2, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Drug coated stents, which cost more than bare metal varieties, might not be worth the added expense says a new Swiss study. The findings of...
New Medtronic Endeavor Stent Faces Doubts as Approval Decision Draws Near
Oct 9, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Medtronic’s new drug coated stent, Endeavor, still faces some serious questions about its effectiveness, after a long-anticipated study showed...
Cypher Drug Coated Stents Cause Blood Clots, Says Johnson & Johnson
Oct 1, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Drug coated stents manufactured by Johnson & Johnson run a high risk of causing blood clots. That claim was made by Johnson &...
Some Drug Coated Stents May be Safer Than Others
Sep 17, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso, LLP
The safety of drug coated stents could be affected by the type of drug that coats the device. A new study has found that stents coated with the...
Drug Coated Stents Should be Avoided in Heart Attack Patients
Sep 4, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso, LLP
Drug coated stents might not be the safest option for heart attack patients, say the authors of a new study. The study, conducted by...
Angioplasty no better than drugs, study says
Mar 27, 2007 | Boston Globe
A large and long-awaited study finds that angioplasty works no better than medication at preventing heart attacks or death, a finding that could slow...
Efficacy of heart stents called into question
Mar 27, 2007 | Financial Times
A seven-year US study has called into question whether doctors are overusing heart stents, the blockbuster tiny wire mesh tubes used to prop open...
Drug Coated Stents
