The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands and ZURICH, November 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Xeltis, a clinical-stage medical device company pioneering a restorative approach in heart valve therapy, today announced the completion of an oversubscribed EUR45 million ($52 million) Series C financing. The funding round was led by a global strategic investor with participation […]
By Ken Dropiewski, Prime-Core Executive Search (ken@prime-core.com) When you think of precision medicine there are a few things that naturally come to mind: drugs tailored to genetics and certain other genome-based therapies. Medical devices are probably not your first thought. Earlier this year, Medtronic received approval for MR-Conditional Quadripolar Cardiac […]
ANAHEIM, Calif., Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Corvia Medical, Inc., a privately-held medical device company that developed a first-in-class transcatheter structural heart device to treat heart failure, today announced that it has enrolled the first patients in its global multicenter trial (REDUCE LAP-HF II) of the Interatrial Shunt Device (IASD) […]
Santa Monica, CA, Nov. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioSig Technologies(OTCQB: BSGM), a medical device company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing platform designed to address an unmet technology need for the $4.6 billion electrophysiology (EP) marketplace, today announced that the Company has engaged Tiffini Wittwer as Chief Regulatory and Compliance Officer […]
Beleaguered Avinger, Inc. is slashing more jobs. In its latest financial disclosure, Avinger reported a 61 percent decline in sales since the same time last year and would continue its strategic reorganization to save cash. The company said headcount has been reduced to 73 employees as of Oct. 15. That number includes […]
Medtronic’s VenaSeal Closure System Receives New CPT Codes By Endovascular Today November 13, 2017—Medtronic has advised that their VenaSeal closure system received a favorable new CPT code as a Level 4 vascular procedure as part of the calendar year 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center […]
VANCOUVER, Nov. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Neovasc Inc.(NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) today announced that it will release its financial results for the third quarter 2017 on Tuesday, November 14, 2017, after markets close. The Company will subsequently hold a conference call that same day at 4:30 pm Eastern Time hosted by Mr. Alexei […]
FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Plaxgen Inc,developing flow cytometry-based blood diagnostics for plaque-associated diseases, such as atherosclerosis and Alzheimer’s, announced that new research exploring the effect of lipid-lowering drugs, including statins, on the morphology of cholesterol particles in human serum samples was published in the peer-reviewed journal, “Journal of […]
KALAMAZOO, Michigan, USA, Nov. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The New England Journal of Medicine published the results of the DAWN Trial, the first to provide compelling evidence in treating late window and wake-up stroke patients with mechanical thrombectomy. Currently, less than one in 10 patients suffering from an ischemic stroke receives thrombectomy, […]
CAMBRIDGE, England, November 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The Board of Directors of PLAQUETEC LTD (‘PlaqueTec’) today announced the appointment of Annalisa Jenkins, MBBS, FRCP, as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Jenkins, most recently CEO of U.S.-based Dimension Therapeutics, will lead the 2018 launch of the pioneering biomarker-based PlaqueTec Liquid Biopsy System(TM) […]
