TORONTO, Sept. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for rare and ultrarare genetic diseases, today announced the approval of Evkeeza® (evinacumab) in Canada. Evkeeza® was approved by Health Canada as an adjunct to diet and other […]
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Cardiosense Begins Enrollment in Nationwide Heart Failure Study
CHICAGO, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Cardiosense, a digital health company developing a non-invasive monitoring platform for the early detection of heart disease, recently started enrolling patients in SEISMIC-HF I, its nationwide clinical study to refine and validate algorithms to assess intracardiac filling pressure, an early physiological marker for acute heart failure […]
Viz.ai Announces Expansion into Outpatient Ambulatory Centers to Accelerate Clinical Trial Recruitment in Heart Failure
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – September 26, 2023 – Viz.ai, the leader in AI-powered disease detection and intelligent care coordination, today announced the expansion into outpatient ambulatory centers to accelerate clinical trial recruitment. Amavita Heart and Vascular Health™, with facilities spanning four locations in Miami-Dade County, has taken a pioneering step by […]
Valo Health and Novo Nordisk to collaborate to discover and develop novel treatments for cardiometabolic diseases using human data and artificial intelligence
Bagsværd, Denmark and Boston, Massachusetts, US, 25 September 2023 – Novo Nordisk A/S and Valo Health, Inc. today announced they have entered into an agreement to discover and develop novel treatments for cardiometabolic diseases based on Valo’s large human dataset and computation powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The collaboration between the two organizations will leverage the capabilities […]
Eledon Pharmaceuticals Announces Use of Tegoprubart anti-CD40L Antibody in Second-ever Transplant of Genetically Modified Heart from a Pig to a Human
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eledon”) (NASDAQ: ELDN) today announced that tegoprubart, the company’s investigational anti-CD40 antibody, was used as a cornerstone component of the chronic immunosuppressive regimen administered following the second-ever transplant of a genetically modified heart from a pig to a human. The procedure […]
Pi-Cardia Successfully Completes Enrollment in Pivotal Study for ShortCut™
REHOVOT, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pi-Cardia Ltd., a global leader in the development of non-implant, catheter-based, leaflet modification solutions for treating heart valves, announced today the successful completion of its ShortCut™ Pivotal Study enrollment. ShortCut™ is the world’s first dedicated device designed to split the leaflets of pre-existing valves to enable safe Transcatheter […]
HeartSciences Signs Definitive Agreements with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to Commercialize Artificial Intelligence Cardiovascular Algorithms
Southlake, TX, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. d/b/a HeartSciences (Nasdaq: HSCS; HSCSW) (“HeartSciences” or the “Company”), an AI-powered medical technology company focused on transforming ECGs/EKGs to save lives through earlier detection of heart disease, today announced it has executed definitive agreements with the Icahn School of Medicine […]
Saranas Successfully Completes Enrollment of Clinical Trial Assessing the Utility of Early Bleed Detection in Patients Undergoing Mechanical Circulatory Support
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Saranas, Inc. announced today that it has completed enrollment in SAFE-MCS, a multi-center, single arm, open-label clinical trial evaluating the safety of complex high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using mechanical circulatory support (MCS) and surveillance with the Early Bird® Bleed Monitoring System. The Early Bird Bleed Monitoring System is the […]
Us2.ai Partners with Leading Academic Medical Center to Collaborate on AI-Enabled Echocardiography Software
SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Us2.ai, a Singapore-based MedTech firm, has partnered with Duke University to co-develop and commercialize AI tools for echocardiography, to enable earlier detection, improved diagnosis and more efficient management of heart disease. “This advances Duke University’s efforts in digitalising clinical trials” Tweet this In clinical practice, echocardiography is now firmly established as […]
Edgewise Therapeutics Begins Dosing First-in-Human Phase 1 Trial of EDG-7500, its Lead Clinical Candidate for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) and Other Serious Diseases of Cardiac Diastolic Dysfunction
BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: EWTX), a leading muscle disease biopharmaceutical company, today announced initial dosing in a Phase 1 trial of EDG-7500. EDG-7500 is a first-in-class oral, selective, cardiac sarcomere modulator, specifically designed to slow early contraction velocity and address impaired cardiac relaxation associated with HCM and other […]



