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Streamlined drug-delivery pump for back pain gets FDA approval

U.S. regulators have given premarket approval to a streamlined, programmable and implantable drug-delivery pump to treat and manage back pain, the first new development in such pumps since a device from Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) hit the market more than 15 years ago. The Prometra drug-delivery pump has been approved for use with Infumorph, a pain medication. […]