Press Release

Wednesday, 09 October 2013

Third ESPOIR Steering Committee Meeting at the 2013 EACTS in Vienna / German authorities approved Espoir PV

The ESPOIR Steering Committee (SC) convened for the third time during the 27th EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna. The German competent authority Paul-Ehrlich-Institut approved the study valve -ESPOIR PV-  a decellularized homograft for pulmonary  valve replacement, just prior to the EACTS meeting. The SC members discussed the next steps for the initiation of the prospective multi-centre-trial of involving 8 clinical centres within Europe.