Boston Scientific Corp.‘s Taxus Liberte drug-eluting stent was given regulatory approvals in Japan, clearing the way for its appearance on the Japanese market.
The Natick medical device leviathan said March 3 that its paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system was approved Jan. 28 by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Reimbursement was granted March 2 by the country’s National Health Insurance System.
About 1,300 medical centers perform cardiac catheterizations in Japan, implanting an estimated 200,000 coronary stents annually, according to Boston Scientific.