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medgadget.com - 4/3/2009

Implantable Telescope for AMD Expects FDA Approval

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VisionCare Inc., now out of Saratoga, California, is reporting that the "FDA Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel unanimously recommended that the FDA approve, with conditions, the premarket application (PMA) for its implantable telescope for End-Stage AMD." We have been reporting about this ...

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