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Heather Landi

CVS Health said it is beginning a clinical trial of its new home dialysis system.

On the heels of the Trump Administration’s latest effort aimed at kidney care which includes expanding access to in-home dialysis for kidney disease care, CVS Health said on Wednesday it plans to start a clinical trial of its new home dialysis system.

The clinical trial of the company’s HemoCare Hemodialysis System for the administration of home hemodialysis will involve up to 70 patients at 10 sites, CVS said. Home hemodialysis helps facilitate longer, more frequent dialysis treatments as compared to in-center treatments, according to the company.

CVS officials said the clinical trial for the home-dialysis device represents the next step in a company-wide...

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