Progress in Research and Application of Drug-Device Combination Product.

Author: Kangli TANG ¹ ; Junlei ZHOU ¹ ; Yong LI ¹ ; Minming QU ¹ ; Yujie WANG ¹ ; Jian LUO ¹
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1. Shanghai MicroPort Medical(Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, 201203. ##Email#.
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: drug-device combination products; research and application
MeSH: Drug Delivery Systems/instrumentation*; Equipment Design; Prostheses and Implants
From: Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2020;44(1):51-55
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Drug-device combination product, which comprises at least a drug and a medical device, has been proved to effectively reduce the risk of complications accompanied with conventional medical devices implantation, and has a great clinical success especially in implantable therapeutics. Herein, we firstly elaborated the definitions and requirements of drug-device combination product in different countries, then summarized the market application and research development of typical drug-device combination products. Technical problems and the trend of future development had also been analyzed.