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.