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Berlin Heart's EXCOR(R) Pediatric Receives Unconditional Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Approval

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 2nd, 2008

Berlin Heart Inc. announced its EXCOR(R) Pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) has received unconditional approval for the ongoing IDE clinical trial in the United States of America. The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fully approved the Investigational Plan for the IDE study of the device.

In 2007, the FDA had granted conditional approval for the prospective IDE study to begin initially at 10 centres with 10 patients, while the company addressed some questions the FDA had found after reviewing the study design. "The FDA has worked effectively with Berlin Heart to refine the design of the trial to optimize the potential for a meaningful study with useful...

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