Author: Ken Dropiewski

Jardiance® meets primary endpoint in reducing risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure in phase III trial in adults with and without diabetes

– Jardiance (empagliflozin) significantly reduced the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure versus placebo in the EMPEROR-Reduced heart failure trial. The study evaluated adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction – Treatment of heart failure is an important unmet need with over half of those diagnosed […]

Masimo Named NBA Supplier of Pulse Oximetry

NBA Deploys MightySat® Fingertip Pulse Oximeters For All Campus Residents IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced that it has entered into a partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to be its official supplier of pulse oximetry. As teams return to play, Masimo is supplying the NBA with MightySat® fingertip pulse oximeters […]

Boston Scientific Announces Results For Second Quarter 2020

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) generated sales of $2.003 billion during the second quarter of 2020. This represents a decline of (23.9) percent on a reported basis, (23.1) percent on an operational1 basis and (28.7) percent on an organic2 basis, all compared to the prior year period. The company reported a […]

First successful trans-femoral mitral valve repair device DragonFly™ performed in China

HANGZHOU, China, July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On July 23, 2020, Professor Jian’an Wang’s team at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine successfully completed the world’s first human clinical application of the transcatheter mitral valve repair system (DragonFly™) developed by Hangzhou Valgen Medtech Co.,Ltd. This marks a major breakthrough […]

Keystone Heart, A Venus Medtech Company, Announces First Commercial Case Performed Worldwide with the TriGUARD 3™ Cerebral Embolic Protection Device

TAMPA, Fla., July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Keystone Heart, LTD., a medical device innovator driven to redefine the standard of structural heart care, today announced completion of the first worldwide commercial case using the TriGUARD 3™ Cerebral Embolic Protection (CEP) Device. Pieter Stella, MD, Assistant Professor, Medical Department of Cardiology, at UMC Utrecht in the […]

United Therapeutics Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

– Second quarter Orenitram® revenue growth of 40% year-over-year – INCREASE sNDA submitted to FDA SILVER SPRING, Md. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. “I am pleased with our performance during the second quarter, and […]

Philips launches pre-hospital wireless monitoring solution for emergency medical response in U.S.

July 29, 2020 Philips receives 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its professional defibrillator (Tempus LS- Manual), now offering its remote monitor and defibrillator solution (Tempus ALS) to EMS customers in the U.S. Solution delivers real-time bidirectional data transfer for remote patient monitoring, giving EMS responders a new approach to […]