Hologic gets OK for contraception system

By Chris Reidy, Globe Staff

Hologic Inc., a Bedford medical products company, said the US Food and Drug Administration has granted its premarket approval application for the Adiana permanent contraception system.

"The Adiana system is designed to provide women a minimally-invasive, non-incision alternative to traditional, surgical means of permanent contraception" such as tubal ligation, Hologic said in a press release.

In January, Hologic said it received regulatory approval for marketing the Adiana system in certain European countries.