alfapump® DSR study in Heart Failure patients with persistent congestion GHENT, Belgium, June 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sequana Medical NV (Euronext Brussels: SEQUA), an innovator in the treatment of diuretic-resistant fluid overload in liver disease, malignant ascites and heart failure, today announces that the first patient has been enrolled in […]
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Retia Medical Announces Bernd Saugel has Joined the Clinical Advisory Board
VALHALLA, N.Y., June 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Retia Medical, an innovator in hemodynamic monitoring that helps clinicians guide care to prevent complications from high-risk surgeries such as heart attacks, strokes, and acute kidney injuries, today announced that Bernd Saugel, MD, EDIC joins other distinguished clinicians on Retia Medical’s Clinical […]
Abiomed Acquires preCARDIA, a Breakthrough Medical Device Company, to Improve Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) has acquired preCARDIA, developer of a proprietary catheter and controller that will complement Abiomed’s product portfolio to expand options for patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). The preCARDIA system is uniquely designed to rapidly treat ADHF-related volume overload by effectively reducing cardiac filling pressures and […]
Alnylam Completes Enrollment in APOLLO-B Phase 3 Study of Patisiran in Transthyretin-Mediated (ATTR) Amyloidosis Patients with Cardiomyopathy
− APOLLO-B is the Industry’s Furthest Progressed Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pivotal Study of an Investigational TTR Silencer in Hereditary and Wild-type ATTR Amyloidosis with Cardiomyopathy − − Topline Results Expected in Mid-2022 − CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that it has achieved […]
Verve Therapeutics Appoints Leading Biotechnology Executive Michael MacLean to its Board of Directors
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verve Therapeutics, a biotech company pioneering a new approach to the care of cardiovascular disease with single-course gene editing medicines, today announced that Michael F. MacLean, chief financial officer (CFO) of Avidity Biosciences, has joined the company’s board of directors. “Mike is a highly experienced executive with an […]
Implicity Inc. Signs U.S. Distribution Agreement with MicroPort CRM USA
Deal allows global cardiac device manufacturer to enhance its offerings in the U.S. with Implicity’s cloud-based and AI-driven universal cardiac remote monitoring platform to provide high-value services to healthcare providers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Implicity, a leader in remote patient monitoring software and cardiac data management solutions, announced a distribution […]
Medtronic Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Results; Announces 9% Dividend Increase
– Q4 Revenue of $8.2 Billion Increased 37% Reported and 32% Organic– Q4 GAAP Diluted EPS of $1.00; Q4 Non-GAAP Diluted EPS of $1.50– Quarterly Dividend Increased to $0.63, Annual $2.52 from Prior $2.32; 44th Consecutive Year of Dividend Increases– Company Issues FY22 Guidance– Guidance Reflects FY22 Revenue Growth above […]
FDA Grants Micro Interventional Devices, Inc. Breakthrough Device Designation for the MIA™-T Percutaneous Tricuspid Annuloplasty System
NEWTOWN, Pa., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Micro Interventional Devices (MID) has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MIA™-T Percutaneous Tricuspid Annuloplasty System. The MIA-T system treats moderate-severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) via a 12F catheter-based system. MID develops proprietary Transcatheter Cardiac Repair (TCR) technologies addressing unmet […]
SINOMED announces the HT Supreme DES has similar performance as the market-leader across the spectrum of lesion complexity
TIANJIN, China, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SINOMED, a leading international medical device company, today announced results from the HT Supreme™ Healing-Targeted Drug-Eluting Stent (DES), in complex patients compared to the Xience or Promus family of DES. One-year results were presented at last week’s 2021 EuroPCR annual congress showing that the two […]
Acutus Medical Receives FDA Approval to Initiate US Atrial Fibrillation IDE Trial with the AcQBlate® FORCE Sensing Ablation System
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acutus Medical (Nasdaq: AFIB), an arrhythmia management company focused on improving the way cardiac arrhythmias are diagnosed and treated, today announced FDA approval for the company to initiate its Atrial Fibrillation (“AF”) Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial for the AcQBlate Force […]



