Author: Ken Dropiewski

Sequana Medical announces H1 2020 results and provides business update

Published: Sep 03, 2020 POSEIDON – Implants in Canada continue; interim results expected H1 2021 RED DESERT – Implants continue; interim results expected Q4 2020 DSR (Direct Sodium Removal) – Fundamental patents allowed in U.S. and Europe Continued growth in European commercial implants Secured additional funding extending cash runway into […]

Abbott Announces Start of Trial to Evaluate the New Esprit™ BTK Drug-Eluting Resorbable Scaffold

– The LIFE-BTK trial will evaluate the company’s new drug-eluting resorbable scaffold (DRS), known as the Esprit BTK System, for the treatment of blocked arteries below-the-knee (BTK) – Esprit BTK was granted breakthrough device designation by the U.S. FDA – There are no stents or drug-coated balloons currently approved for […]

Endologix Announces First Commercial Implant of ALTO Abdominal Stent Graft System Outside of United States

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Furthering its mission to transform the treatment of aortic disorders, Endologix, Inc. (OTC: ELGXQ) (“Endologix” or the “Company”) today announced the first implant of its recently approved ALTO® endograft outside of the United States, completed by Andrew Holden, MD, and Andrew Hill, MD, of Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New […]

BioVentrix Announces Pivotal ALIVE Trial Resumes with First Patients Treated with LIVE Therapy Since COVID-19 Pause

SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioVentrix, Inc., developer of the first hybrid transcatheter device for left ventricular remodeling after a heart attack, today announced that the Company has resumed cases in the pivotal ALIVE Trial studying Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement, or LIVE™ Therapy, using the Revivent TC™ Transcatheter Ventricular Enhancement System. The […]

Miracor Medical Raises 24M€

Funds will be used for clinical studies and initiation of commercialization AWANS, Belgium–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Miracor Medical SA (Miracor Medical) has announced the closing of a 24M€ Series-E round of financing. The round was led by a new corporate strategic investor joined by co-investor Yonghua. Current investors Earlybird, Noshaq, Quest for Growth, […]

Acarix two largest shareholders transfer subscription rights free of charge – extends the subscription period

Press release Malmö, September 2, 2020   Acarix two largest shareholders transfer subscription rights free of charge –extends the subscription period The Extraordinary General Meeting of Acarix AB (“Acarix” or the “Company”) resolved on 11 August 2020, subsequent to the board of directors resolution on 15 July 2020, to approve […]

Amarin Supports Latest Clinical Research Evaluating VASCEPA® (Icosapent Ethyl) in Patients with Persistent Cardiovascular Risk Presented at ESC Congress 2020, the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Cardiology

VASCEPA is the first and only agent studied on top of statin therapy reported to exhibit coronary plaque regression in hypertriglyceridemic patients VASCEPA in REDUCE-IT® cardiovascular outcomes study achieved statistical significance for primary and secondary endpoints at predefined blinded first and second interim analyses that persisted at final analyses VASCEPA […]

Over Two Million Americans with Undiagnosed Atrial Fibrillation May Be Walking Time Bombs

DALLAS, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — More than a decade ago, afib was a little-known condition. After creating Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month, patient advocacy organization StopAfib.org worked with medical society partners to get the U.S. Senate to designate September as National Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) Awareness Month, which they did, in 2009. “That’s why […]

Baylis Medical Announces First Clinical Use of the All-in-One VersaCross® Steerable Solution

TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Baylis Medical announced today the first clinical use of the VersaCross Steerable Access Solution, performed at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The newest addition to the VersaCross Transseptal Platform combines the VersaCross RF wire with a steerable sheath, making it the ultimate, all-in-one solution to enable […]

Cardiac Dimensions Announces Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration’s Approval of the Carillon System for the Treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation

KIRKLAND, Wash., Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cardiac Dimensions®, a leader in the development of innovative, minimally invasive treatments for functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) in patients with heart failure, today announced the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved its Carillon Mitral Contour System®. The Carillon System is a right heart transcatheter mitral valve […]