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Drug Coated Stents
Hospitals revert to older stent models as FDA investigates new ones
Dec 12, 2006 | Chicago Tribune
With a new report blaming drug-coated heart stents for a fivefold increase in the risk of clotting problems and a Food and Drug Administration panel...
Panel weighs in on stents
Dec 9, 2006 | Los Angeles Times
A divided Food and Drug Administration advisory panel Friday said cardiac patients should be warned they face a higher rate of life-threatening...
FDA Panel Seeks Warning That Stents May Be Unsafe
Dec 9, 2006 | Washington Post
New drug-oozing stents widely used to prop open clogged arteries are associated with an increased risk of blood clots, heart attacks and death for...
Analysis: Panel urges warning on stents
Dec 8, 2006 | UPI
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended new warnings Friday for popular medical devices used in millions of patients with...
Feds questions experts on drug-coated stents
Dec 7, 2006 | AP
Federal health officials asked experts Thursday whether the drug-coated stents used to prop open the arteries of about 3 million people in the U.S....
Safety of Drug-Coated Stents Spotlighted
Dec 7, 2006 | AP
The two manufacturers of drug-coated stents used to prop open the arteries of about 3 million people in the U.S. say the devices' benefits outweigh...
Stents' Day in the Sun
Dec 7, 2006 | www.thestreet.com
A Food and Drug Administration panel is slated to review safety data on the use of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Boston Scientific's (BSX)...
FDA Explores Safety of Heart Stents
Dec 7, 2006 | Washington Post
New drug-releasing stents used widely to keep clogged heart arteries open appear to increase the risk for potentially life-threatening blood clots...
Drug-coated stents facing hard 2d look
Dec 6, 2006 | Boston Globe
A Food and Drug Administration panel tomorrow will consider one of the most urgent questions in medicine: what to do about the risk of blood clots...
The heart of a stent debate
Dec 6, 2006 | USA Today
Michael Young had a choice. Doctors could clear his three blocked coronary arteries by cracking open his chest and surgically bypassing them. Or...
Drug Coated Stents
