Author: Ken Dropiewski

Silence Therapeutics Reports Half-Year 2021 Results

Silence Therapeutics Reports Half-Year 2021 Results Full enrollment achieved for four cohorts of the APOLLO study of SLN360 in healthy individuals living with high levels of lipoprotein(a) Silence to host R&D Day in New York City on October 21, 2021 August 12, 2021 LONDON, Silence Therapeutics plc, AIM: SLN and Nasdaq: SLN (“Silence” or “the Company”), a leader in the discovery, development and delivery […]

Tenax Announces New Publication Highlighting Novel Levosimendan Mechanism of Action in Pulmonary Hypertension Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction (PH-HFpEF)

Levosimendan was shown to Reduce Stressed Blood Volume (SBV), a Novel and Highly Relevant Mechanism of Action for PH-HFpEF Patients Stressed Blood Volume Reductions Accompany Previously Reported Improvements in Important Cardiovascular Hemodynamic Measurements Reduction in Stressed Blood Volume Suggests the Effects of Levosimendan are Modulated Through K-ATP Channel Activation and […]

FEops Simulation Technology Supports TRiCares From Initial Design Concepts to a Successful First-in-human

GENT, Belgium–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FEops, a leader in predictive planning for structural heart interventions, is proud to announce that its simulation technology supported TRiCares from initial design concept to a successful first-in-human of the Topaz Tricuspid Valve Replacement (TTVR) system, developed by TRiCares SAS. This is a major step forward towards predictive […]

PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals Achieves Enrollment Milestones Supporting Interim Analysis of REVERSE-IT Global Phase 3 Trial, Enabling Preparation of a BLA submission for Bentracimab for Reversal of Antiplatelet Effects of Ticagrelor

First 143 patients enrolled in the pivotal Phase 3 trial, with top-line results from interim analysis expected later this year Enrollment of patients in the REVERSE-IT trial requiring urgent surgery or invasive procedure now complete, with trial focus shifting to enrollment of patients with uncontrolled major or life-threatening bleeding Phase […]

PhaseBio Reports Second-Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Recent Business Highlights

Entered exclusive licensing agreement with Alfasigma S.p.A with up to $245 million in milestone payments and tiered royalty payments for development and commercialization of bentracimab in European and other key markets Achieved interim enrollment milestone with first 143 bentracimab patients enrolled in the REVERSE-IT pivotal Phase 3 trial, with top-line […]

DiaMedica Therapeutics Provides a Business Update and Announces Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

Phase 2/3 ReMEDy2 Trial in AIS for Stroke Outcomes and Stroke Recurrence on Track for Initiation Summer 2021 Positive REDUX Phase 2 Interim Data Announced for CKD: IgA Nephropathy Data Indicate Statistically & Clinically Significant 33% Reduction in Albuminuria (UACR). Board of Directors Strengthened with Election of Two Pharma Industry […]

Christopher DelOrefice to Join BD as Chief Financial Officer

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Aug. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that Christopher DelOrefice has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective Sept. 6, 2021. DelOrefice succeeds Christopher Reidy, 64, who announced his intent to retire from BD last week. DelOrefice, 50, […]

Fluid Biotech Inc. Raises $4.7M USD in Oversubscribed Seed Funding Round

U.S. venture capital firms, METIS Innovative and ShangBay Capital, co-lead funding round and join board to accelerate company growth and development of unique bioabsorbable stent to cure brain aneurysms CALGARY, AB, Aug. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Fluid Biotech Inc., a medical device start-up company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, today announced the completion of […]

AcQMap 8, Acutus Medical’s Innovative Suite of Software Upgrades, Receives FDA Clearance and CE Mark

Enhanced Software Automatically Identifies Regions of Interest During the Treatment of Complex Atrial Arrhythmias CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acutus Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFIB) (“Acutus”), an arrhythmia management company focused on improving the way cardiac arrhythmias are diagnosed and treated, today announced its innovative suite of software upgrades, known […]

JACEP Open Publication Highlights Potential of Lucia AFib App to Improve Guideline Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in the ER

Lucia AFib App outperforms standard of care in retrospective study SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Lucia Health Guidelines, a company applying machine learning at the point of care in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AFib), today announced the publication of its AIM-HIGHER proof-of-concept study in the Journal of the American College of Emergency […]