Author: Ken Dropiewski

CMS Proposes Additional Payment for Shockwave’s Coronary IVL in Hospital Inpatient Cases

New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) Included in Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Rule SANTA CLARA, CALIF., April 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shockwave Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWAV), a pioneer in the development of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat severely calcified cardiovascular disease, announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]

Improved Clinical Outcomes for Heart Transplant Recipients Announced From International Study on Paragonix SherpaPak® CTS

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Paragonix Technologies announced the presentation of the First Report of the GUARDIAN Registry1 at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021 Annual Meeting. The GUARDIAN study is the largest multi-center, international registry specifically focused on donor heart preservation. Clinical investigators from the first five enrolling centers collaborated to pool their data and […]

BRUKINSA® (Zanubrutinib) Demonstrates Superior Objective Response Rate by Investigator Assessment and Reduced Rates of Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter at Interim Analysis in Head-to-Head Trial Against Ibrutinib in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & BEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BeiGene (NASDAQ: BGNE; HKEX: 06160) announced positive results from a planned interim analysis of the Phase 3 ALPINE trial comparing BRUKINSA® (zanubrutinib) against ibrutinib in adults with relapsed or refractory (R/R) chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). BRUKINSA met the primary endpoint of the […]

Connect For Education and Starting Hearts Announce the Launch of their Powerful Online Education Program and Training Platform

Online Training Course Aims to Improve Outcomes for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims HERNON, Va., April 27, 2021  /PRNewswire/ — Connect For Education Inc. (C4E), a leading provider of online education technologies, is proud to announce a successful launch of Call.Push.Shock, a highly-interactive online training and education curriculum that provides users of all ages […]

Esperion Announces Publication of Rationale and Design of Landmark CLEAR Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial Evaluating NEXLETOL® (bempedoic acid) Tablet in American Heart Journal

– First-of-its-kind outcomes trial designed to assess cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with documented intolerance to statin therapy – – Nearly half of trial participants are women, a significantly higher proportion than have been included in any other previous cardiovascular outcomes study in history – – Event driven MACE (major […]

BioSig’s PURE EP(tm) System Evaluated with Patients at Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Westport, CT, April 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The clinic is conducting an evaluation of the PURE EP(tm) System, a signal processing technology for cardiac arrhythmia treatments New installation follows Mayo Clinic in Florida that has been conducting patient cases with the technology since January 2020 BioSig Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: […]

James R. Tobin, Former CEO of Boston Scientific, Joins Xenter, Inc. Board of Directors to Assist in Advance of Device/Data/Drug Technologies

-Xenter’s next-generation technology advances interventional medicine by integrating functions that formerly required multiple devices- SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On the heels of its April 7 launch announcement, Xenter, Inc. (XenterMD.com), the world’s first start-up Device-Data-Drug healthcare technologies company, today announced that James R. Tobin has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. Founded […]