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Thoratec completes PMA for bridge-to-transplantation use of left ventricular assist device

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 28th, 2007

Thoratec Corporation (THOR), a provider of products to treat cardiovascular disease, said it has completed submission of a PMA (pre-market approval) seeking bridge-to-transplantation (BTT) approval for its HeartMate II LVAS (left ventricular assist system) by filing the clinical summary and draft final labeling module.

On October 31, 2006, Thoratec announced that it had filed the first two modules of the PMA that addressed all of the supporting engineering and preclinical studies, as well as manufacturing and quality systems. At that time, the company indicated that it would file the clinical module once the necessary number of patients reached the efficacy endpoint and...

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