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Magbot Robotic Magnetic Navigation Ablation Catheter Approved by China’s NMPA

ST. LOUIS and SHANGHAI, Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stereotaxis (NYSE: STXS) and Shanghai MicroPort EP Medtech Co., Ltd. (688351.SH, “MicroPort EP”), today announced that the Magbot™ Magnetic Navigation Ablation Catheter has received regulatory approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The Magbot™ Catheter is a single-use magnetic saline-irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheter designed and developed by MicroPort EP in collaboration with Stereotaxis. The catheter works exclusively and in tight conjunction with Stereotaxis’ robotic systems, including the recently NMPA-approved Genesis RMN™, and MicroPort EP’s Columbus™ 3D EP Mapping System. Magbot™ incorporates advanced design features that substantially enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, and safety of robotic magnetic catheter ablation. Robotically navigated using low-intensity magnetic fields, the Magbot™ catheter is able to reach areas of the heart otherwise difficult to access with traditional methods and to maintain precise positioning and stability on cardiac anatomy with millimeter-level accuracy. Full integration with Columbus™ enables real-time location tracking and 3D cardiac modeling, allowing physicians to accurately record electrocardiographic data and pinpoint lesions for precise diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias. A unique six-electrode design enhances safety during procedures by offering visibility of the catheter shaft without the need for fluoroscopy. Magbot™ has been approved by NMPA for the ablation of drug-resistant persistent atrial fibrillation, atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, and atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia. “The approval of the Magbot™ Catheter signifies a major breakthrough for MicroPort EP in cardiac electrophysiology and a significant milestone for robotic navigation technology in China,” emphasized Dr. Yiyong Sun, President of MicroPort EP. “Our recent technological advances with Stereotaxis offer a safer and more precise minimally-invasive treatment solution for complex arrhythmia patients. We are excited about its potential to benefit physicians and patients alike and to strengthen our partnership with Stereotaxis to drive innovation in electrophysiology.” “We are delighted by Magbot™ approval in China,” added David Fischel, Chairman and CEO of Stereotaxis. “This milestone reflects our commitment to improving global cardiovascular care. Magbot™ represents a key innovation in robotic navigation, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration with MicroPort EP to pioneer innovative technologies that advance electrophysiology and benefit patients worldwide.” MicroPort EP will initiate commercial launch of Magbot™ in China through its existing sales team focused on the electrophysiology community. Stereotaxis shares in the proceeds from Magbot™ adoption. MicroPort EP is one of China’s leading medical device companies with a portfolio of cardiovascular medical devices designed to diagnose and treat arrythmias. Stereotaxis and MicroPort EP previously announced their collaboration in August 2021. About StereotaxisStereotaxis (NYSE: STXS) is a pioneer and global leader in innovative surgical robotics for minimally invasive endovascular intervention. Its mission is the discovery, development and delivery of robotic systems, instruments, and information solutions for the interventional laboratory. These innovations help physicians provide unsurpassed patient care with robotic precision and safety, expand access to minimally invasive therapy, and enhance the productivity, connectivity, and intelligence in the operating room. Stereotaxis technology has been used to treat over 150,000 patients across the United States, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. For more information, please visit www.Stereotaxis.com. This press release includes statements that may constitute “forward-looking” statements, usually containing the words “believe”, “estimate”, “project”, “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to manage expenses at sustainable levels, acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace, the effect of global economic conditions on the ability and willingness of customers to purchase its technology, competitive factors, changes resulting from healthcare policy, dependence upon third-party vendors, timing of regulatory approvals, the impact of pandemics or other disasters, and statements relating to our recent acquisition of APT, including any benefits expected from the acquisition, and other risks discussed in the Company’s periodic and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release. There can be no assurance that the Company will recognize revenue related to its purchase orders and other commitments because some of these purchase orders and other commitments are subject to contingencies that are outside of the Company’s control and may be revised, modified, delayed, or canceled. Stereotaxis Contacts: David L. FischelChairman and Chief Executive Officer Kimberly PeeryChief Financial Officer 314-678-6100Investors@Stereotaxis.com

InspireMD Announces First Patient Enrolled in the CGUARDIANS II Pivotal Study of the CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System in Transcarotid Artery Revascularization Procedures (TCAR)

Study represents a significant step forward in Company’s mission to serve the broadest set of physician and patient needs with best-in-class CAS and TCAR solutions Study represents a significant step forward in Company’s mission to serve the broadest set of physician and patient needs with best-in-class CAS and TCAR solutions

FDA Grants Revascor® (Rexlemestrocel-L) Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) Designation in Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Earlier this year FDA granted REVASCOR both Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD) and Orphan-Drug Designation (ODD) for congenital heart diseaseNEW YORK, Dec. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mesoblast Limited (Nasdaq:MESO; ASX:MSB), global leader in allogeneic cellular medicines for inflammatory diseases, today announced the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its second generation allogeneic, STRO3-immunoselected, and industrially manufactured stromal cell therapy Revascor® (rexlemestrocel-L) Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation following submission of results from the randomized controlled trial in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a potentially life threatening congenital heart condition. Mesoblast Chief Executive Silviu Itescu said: “We appreciate FDA’s support in designating REVASCOR both RMAT and RPD status, a recognition of the potential impact of our therapy on the long-term adverse outcomes of these desperately ill children. Under the RMAT designation, we plan to meet with FDA to discuss a potential approval pathway in this indication.” Earlier this year, FDA granted REVASCOR both Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD) and Orphan-Drug Designation (ODD) for treatment of children with HLHS. RPDD demonstrates that the disease is serious or life-threatening and the manifestations primarily affect individuals aged from birth to 18 years, including age groups often called neonates, infants, children, and adolescents, and that the disease is a rare disease or condition. On FDA approval of a BLA for REVASCOR for the treatment of HLHS, Mesoblast may be eligible to receive a Priority Review Voucher (PRV) that can be redeemed for any subsequent marketing application or may be sold or transferred to a third party. RMAT designations aim to expedite the development of regenerative medicine therapies intended to treat, modify, reverse, or cure a serious or life-threatening disease or condition where preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the drug has the potential to address unmet medical needs for the disease or condition. An RMAT designation for rexlemestrocel-L provides all the benefits of Breakthrough and Fast Track designations, including rolling review and eligibility for priority review on filing of a Biologics License Application (BLA). Results from a blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled prospective trial of REVASCOR conducted in the United States in children with HLHS were published in the December 2023 issue of the peer reviewed The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Open (JTCVS Open).1 In the HLHS trial conducted in 19 children, a single intramyocardial administration of REVASCOR at the time of staged surgery resulted in the desired outcome of significantly larger increases in left ventricular (LV) end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes over 12 months compared with controls as measured by 3D echocardiography, (p=0.009 & p=0.020 respectively).  These changes are indicative of clinically important growth of the small left ventricle, facilitating the ability to have a successful surgical correction, known as full biventricular (BiV) conversion, which allows for a normal two ventricle circulation with the surgically repaired left ventricle taking over circulatory support to the body. Without full BiV conversion the right heart chamber is under excessive strain with increased risk of heart failure, liver failure, and death. About Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)HLHS is a severe congenital heart disease in which the left side of the heart does not fully develop and effective pumping of oxygenated blood by the left ventricle to the rest of the body is reduced. Without immediate surgery after birth, the prognosis is dismal with HLHS overall being responsible for 25% to 40% of all neonatal cardiac mortality.2 In the longer term, surgery that creates a two-ventricle series circulation with the left ventricle (LV) pumping blood to the body and the right ventricle pumping blood to the lungs is the ideal anatomic repair. Unfortunately, achievement of this objective is limited by the inability in most patients for the left ventricle to grow sufficiently to support the circulation to the body. About Revascor® (rexlemestrocel-L) in Heart DiseaseREVASCOR is an allogeneic preparation of immunoselected and culture-expanded mesenchymal precursor cells which have been shown previously to have multiple mechanisms-of-action that may be beneficial to children with HLHS including neovascularization, anti-fibrosis, anti-apoptosis, immunomodulation, reduction in inflammation, and reversal of endothelial dysfunction. In the DREAM-HF randomized sham-placebo controlled prospective trial of REVASCOR in 565 randomized adult patients with heart failure with low ejection fraction (HFrEF), a single intramyocardial administration of REVASCOR into the left ventricle resulted in significant improvement in LV ejection fraction at 12 months,3 indicative of strengthened overall LV systolic function. The greatest treatment benefit was on 2- and 3-Point Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE), particularly in patients with HFrEF with ischemia and inflammation, who are at highest risk of mortality.4 About Mesoblast Mesoblast (the Company) is a world leader in developing allogeneic (off-the-shelf) cellular medicines for the treatment of severe and life-threatening inflammatory conditions. The Company has leveraged its proprietary mesenchymal lineage cell therapy technology platform to establish a broad portfolio of late-stage product candidates which respond to severe inflammation by releasing anti-inflammatory factors that counter and modulate multiple effector arms of the immune system, resulting in significant reduction of the damaging inflammatory process. Mesoblast has a strong and extensive global intellectual property portfolio with protection extending through to at least 2041 in all major markets. The Company’s proprietary manufacturing processes yield industrial-scale, cryopreserved, off-the-shelf, cellular medicines. These cell therapies, with defined pharmaceutical release criteria, are planned to be readily available to patients worldwide. Mesoblast is developing product candidates for distinct indications based on its remestemcel-L and rexlemestrocel-L allogeneic stromal cell technology platforms. Remestemcel-L is being developed for inflammatory diseases in children and adults including steroid refractory acute graft versus host disease, and biologic-resistant inflammatory bowel disease. Rexlemestrocel-L is being developed for advanced chronic heart failure and chronic low back pain. Two products have been commercialized in Japan and Europe by Mesoblast’s licensees, and the Company has established commercial partnerships in Europe and China for certain Phase 3 assets. Mesoblast has locations in Australia, the United States and Singapore and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (MSB) and on the Nasdaq (MESO). For more information, please see www.mesoblast.com, LinkedIn: Mesoblast Limited and Twitter: @Mesoblast References / Footnotes Wittenberg RE, Gauvreau K, Leighton J, Moleon-Shea M, Borow KM, Marx GR, Emani SM, Prospective randomized controlled trial of the safety and feasibility of a novel mesenchymal precursor cell therapy in hypoplastic left heart syndrome, JTCVS Open Volume 16, Dec 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2023.09.031Kritzmire, S. M, et al. (2022). Hypoplastic left heart syndrome.Perin EC. Et al. Randomized Trial of Targeted Transendocardial Mesenchymal Precursor Cell Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure. JACC Vol. 81, No. 9, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.11.061Perin EC. Et al. Mesenchymal precursor cells reduce mortality and major morbidity in ischaemic heart failure with inflammation: DREAM-HF. Eur J Heart Fail 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3522 Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release includes forward-looking statements that relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. We make such forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and actual results may differ from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements, and the differences may be material and adverse. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about: the initiation, timing, progress and results of Mesoblast’s preclinical and clinical studies, and Mesoblast’s research and development programs; Mesoblast’s ability to advance product candidates into, enroll and successfully complete, clinical studies, including multi-national clinical trials; Mesoblast’s ability to advance its manufacturing capabilities; the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals (including any future decision that the FDA may make on the BLA for remestemcel-L for pediatric patients with SR-aGVHD), manufacturing activities and product marketing activities, if any; the commercialization of Mesoblast’s product candidates, if approved; regulatory or public perceptions and market acceptance surrounding the use of stem-cell based therapies; the potential for Mesoblast’s product candidates, if any are approved, to be withdrawn from the market due to patient adverse events or deaths; the potential benefits of strategic collaboration agreements and Mesoblast’s ability to enter into and maintain established strategic collaborations; Mesoblast’s ability to establish and maintain intellectual property on its product candidates and Mesoblast’s ability to successfully defend these in cases of alleged infringement; the scope of protection Mesoblast is able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering its product candidates and technology; estimates of Mesoblast’s expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and its needs for additional financing; Mesoblast’s financial performance; developments relating to Mesoblast’s competitors and industry; and the pricing and reimbursement of Mesoblast’s product candidates, if approved. You should read this press release together with our risk factors, in our most recently filed reports with the SEC or on our website. Uncertainties and risks that may cause Mesoblast’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those which may be expressed or implied by such statements, and accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligations to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. Release authorized by the Chief Executive. For more information, please contact: Corporate Communications / InvestorsMediaPaul HughesBlueDot MediaT: +61 3 9639 6036Steve DabkowskiE: investors@mesoblast.comT: +61 419 880 486 E: steve@bluedot.net.au