Author: Ken Dropiewski

CathWorks Adds Vice President of Global Marketing to Leadership Team

KFAR-SABA, Israel & ALISO VIEJO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CathWorks announced that Ramin Mousavi has joined CathWorks as Vice President of Global Marketing & Strategy. Mr. Mousavi, an experienced cardiovascular marketer, will take responsibility for the CathWorks FFRangio™ System U.S. clinical and commercial launch and direct future expansion into other global markets. Mr. Mousavi […]

LivaNova Announces Availability of Safety and Technical Information for Valve-in-Valve Procedures on Perceval Platform

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN), a market-leading medical technology company, announced today that given the increasing viability of Valve-in-Valve (ViV) procedures, it has added new safety and technical information to the Perceval U.S. Instructions For Use (IFUs). This addition was made following completion of the Company’s application to the U.S. Food […]

Hemostemix Announces UC Davis Health Added as a Trial Site for Phase II Clinical Trial

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hemostemix Inc. (“Hemostemix” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: HEM; OTCQB:HMTXF) is pleased to announce that it has received all approvals from UC Davis Health (“UC Davis”) located in Sacramento, California to be the clinical trial site for the Company’s Phase II clinical trial […]

Prominent Cardiovascular Expert, James J. Ferguson, M.D., FACC, FAHA Joins Matinas BioPharma as Chief Medical Officer

BEDMINSTER, N.J., Feb. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. (NYSE AMER: MTNB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has appointed a prominent cardiovascular medical and clinical development expert, James (“Terry”) J. Ferguson, M.D., FACC, FAHA, as its Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Ferguson is a well-recognized, industry leading […]

Quantum Genomics Completes Enrollment in Its Pharmacokinetic Clinical Study of Firibastat

PARIS and NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantum Genomics (Euronext Growth – FR0011648971 – ALQGC), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of a new drug class that directly targets the brain to treat resistant hypertension and heart failure, today announced it has completed enrollment in its pharmacokinetic study […]

Novartis to pursue transformational therapy to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease in people living with elevated levels of inherited lipoprotein(a)

Basel, February 25, 2019 – Novartis announced today that it is exercising its option to license the rights to develop and commercialize TQJ230, an investigational agent previously known as AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx, from Akcea Therapeutics, an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, for targeted cardiovascular therapy. TQJ230 was discovered by Ionis and has been co-developed to […]

4C Medical’s Novel Mitral Regurgitation Therapy to be Highlighted at CRT 2019 Meeting

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn., Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. (4C Medical), a developer of minimally invasive technologies for structural heart disease, today announced that its AltaValve™, a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) technology,  will be highlighted in the following presentations at the Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) meeting held March 2-5, 2019 in Washington, […]

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center enrolling patients to test stroke-reducing device

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center recently began enrolling patients to participate in the DIAMOND-AF II clinical trial to examine the effectiveness of the DiamondTemp System in treating patients with persistent atrial fibrillation, or A Fib. A Fib is a type of […]