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Article: Health alert devices create a new market in Old Europe.
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- Medical Device Daily
- Article date:
- June 12, 2007
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Health alert devices create a new market in Old Europe
By JOHN BROSKY
Medical Device Daily Contributing Writer
PARIS -- Several personal health alert devices arrived on European markets recently, each targeting a mass market but with different business models and offering different features.
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