Author: Ken Dropiewski

Einstein Researchers Find New Strategy for Preventing Clogged Arteries

BRONX, N.Y., March 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Revving up a process that slows down as we age may protect against atherosclerosis, a major cause of heart attacks and strokes. In findings publishing online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine led by Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., successfully […]

DIT Acquires Vascular Access Consultants in Austin, Texas

DALLAS, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Dynamic Infusion Therapy, LLC (“DIT”), a market leading provider of outsourced vascular access services, has announced the acquisition of Vascular Access Consultants based in Austin, Texas.  Vascular Access Consultants has been providing expert services to healthcare facilities in Austin and the surrounding areas for the past 26 years under […]

Vascular Therapies Completes $25 Million Private Financing

– Proceeds to fund ACCESS 2 – a randomized clinical trial evaluating Sirogen™ for improving hemodialysis AV Fistula outcomes in high-risk patients – CRESSKILL, N.J., March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Vascular Therapies, Inc. a clinical-stage biopharma company focused on improving vascular access outcomes in patients with kidney disease, today announced the closing […]

CareDx Partners with HeartBrothers Foundation to Help Patients Living with Heart Failure and Heart Transplant

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA) – The Transplant Company™ focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers – today announced that it is partnering with the HeartBrothers Foundation as a corporate […]

Humacyte Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2021 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

— Advancing late-stage clinical and preclinical programs of the Human Acellular Vessel™ (HAV™) and other engineered tissues across several indications – — Multiple publications and scientific meeting presentations highlighting clinical and preclinical HAV results – — Conference call and live webcast at 8:00 am ET today – DURHAM, N.C., March […]

Bayer to Highlight New Cardiovascular and Renal Data at ACC.22, Including Late-Breaking Presentations for KERENDIA® (finerenone) as Well as Oral Factor XIa Inhibitor (asundexian) Program

Further analysis from FIDELITY, a prespecified pooled analysis of FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD, explores the effect of KERENDIA® (finerenone) on cardiovascular (CV) and kidney outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease associated with type 2 diabetes, with and without history of CV disease First Phase IIb PACIFIC trial, PACIFIC-AF, gathered information about […]

Accenture Joins AI4BetterHearts Data Collaborative

Global collaborative aims to improve cardiovascular health NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has joined AI4BetterHearts, a global data collaborative founded by Microsoft and the Novartis Foundation, that aims to help stakeholders— from policy makers to patients— make better decisions about heart health and improve the health of entire populations. Cardiovascular […]

Valbiotis Announces the Positive Results of Its Clinical Study on the Bioavailability and Mode of Action of TOTUM•070, Against Hypercholesterolemia

This innovative study is the first to characterize the metabolites of TOTUM•070 in humans and their mode of action in the liver in a population of 10 healthy volunteers. TOTUM•070 was tested at its clinical daily dose (5g), used also in the Phase II HEART clinical trial. Metabolomic analysis confirms […]

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes Provides Updates on Corporate Progress and Upcoming Milestones

− NorthStar positioned for continued strong growth and setting leadership standards for domestic, environmentally sustainable radioisotope production across its portfolio to meet needs of health systems, radiopharmacies and patients – − NorthStar continues as the only U.S. commercial producer of diagnostic imaging radioisotopes non-uranium molybdenum-99 (Mo-99)/technetium-99m (Tc-99m), for more than […]

ReCor Medical Announces Completion of Enrollment in RADIANCE-II Pivotal Trial of the Paradise™ Ultrasound Renal Denervation System for the Treatment of Uncontrolled Hypertension

Data from RADIANCE-II will build on evidence from RADIANCE-HTN SOLO and TRIO studies to support pre-market application to the FDA PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ReCor Medical, Inc. (“ReCor”), a fully owned subsidiary of Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd., announced today completion of enrollment in their RADIANCE-II pivotal trial of the Paradise […]