The French National Authority for Health (HAS) released new decisions about add-on and medical aid reimbursement of 8 medical devices from the meetings of the National Commission for Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS) in the second half of November.
Four decisions concerned orthopedic devices:
- Dynamic Carbon Foot 1H04Y, prosthetic foot (II energy class) (application for registration, approved)
- HIGHLANDER, prosthetic foot (III energy class) (renewal of registration, approved)
- SILHOUETTE, prosthetic foot (III energy class) (renewal of registration, approved)
- PROMENADE , prosthetic foot (III energy class) (renewal of registration, approved)
Two negative decisions were released for coronary stents:
- ABSORB GT1, coronary stent coated with everolimus (application for registration, rejected due to insufficient expected benefit (AS))
- ABSORB, coronary stent coated with everolimus (application for registration, rejected due to insufficient expected benefit (AS))
Two decisions for other devices were published:
- HIRES ULTRA HIFOCUS SLIM J, cochlear implant (application for registration, approved)
- ALBER VIAMOBIL ECO V14, kit for wheelchair (application for registration, approved)
See list of decisions in French here.
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