Author: Ken Dropiewski

BenevolentAI announces 3-year collaboration expansion with AstraZeneca focused on systemic lupus erythematosus and heart failure

Two novel targets identified through the existing collaboration have already been added to AstraZeneca’s portfolio LONDON, Jan. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — BenevolentAI, a leading clinical-stage AI drug discovery company, has expanded its AI-driven drug discovery collaboration with AstraZeneca, doubling the number of disease areas being explored through the partnership. The three-year expansion includes an […]

Acutus Medical’s Pulsed Field Ablation System To Be Featured During 27th Annual AF Symposium

CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acutus Medical, Inc. (“Acutus”) (Nasdaq: AFIB), an arrhythmia management company focused on improving the way cardiac arrhythmias are diagnosed and treated, today announced the company’s attendance at the 27th Annual AF Symposium. Cases performed at Na Homolce Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, by physicians Jacob […]

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Outlines Major Potential Value Drivers for 2022 at 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

NDA submitted for sotagliflozin in heart failure with an expected launch in 2H 2022, if approved LX9211 neuropathic pain Phase 2 studies expected to read out in 1H 2022 THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX) is outlining major potential value drivers for 2022 at […]

Perceval: CORCYM Announces the First Patient Implanted in China

Perceval Sutureless Aortic Heart Valve Received Approval in China to Treat Patients with Aortic Valve Disease LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CORCYM, the medical device company dedicated to providing patients and cardiac surgeons with the best solutions to fight structural heart disease, announces today the first Perceval implant in China, after the recent approval from the […]

Abbott Receives U.S. FDA Clearance for New Cardiac Mapping System to Improve How Doctors Treat Abnormal Heart Rhythms

– EnSite™ X EP System with EnSite Omnipolar Technology (OT) provides a 360-degree view of the heart, regardless of catheter orientation, for cardiac mapping without compromise ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the EnSite™ X EP System […]

Tenax Therapeutics Granted U.S. Patent for the Subcutaneous Use of Levosimendan (TNX-102)

Provides Broad Coverage for Use of TNX-102 for the Treatment of Human Subjects with Any Health Condition Patent Term to 2039, Exclusive of Any Possible Extensions MORRISVILLE, N.C., Jan. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing, and commercializing products that […]

Cormeum App Celebrates Year of Helping Patients with Heart Failure Manage Condition

Helping patients stick with their care plans and accurately communicate with their providers key to the best quality of life possible, says heart failure nurse specialist PORTLAND, Maine–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A heart failure nurse specialist saw a need for her patients to track the specific metrics needed for their physical well-being, empowering […]

Early Feasibility Study Demonstrates Successful Use of Abiomed’s preCARDIA Technology

DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the successful results of the first-in-human early feasibility study of the preCARDIA system. The preCARDIA system is designed to improve decongestion in acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF) patients by intermittently occluding the superior vena cava. The results of the study published this week in the […]

HEARTPOINT GLOBAL ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL PRE-CLINICAL TRIAL OF NEW IMPLANT SYSTEM

Most Recent Pre-Clinical Trial Explored Placement in Arterial Branches Seeing Significant Results ISRAEL, Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — HeartPoint Global, a leading medical device company dedicated to providing high-quality, minimally invasive cardiac care globally, today announced a major milestone in ongoing pre-clinical trials of the HeartPoint Global Implant System (HPGS) in Israel. Following three […]