FDA clearance for TearScience thermal pulsation system

TearScience has announced that it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its LipiFlowThermal Pulsation System for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). The clearance enables TearScience to market and sell LipiFlow to eye care physicians in the US. LipiFlow will be available immediately, but on a limited basis in the US through the end of 2011.
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