Coronary/Structural Heart

Cardurion Pharmaceuticals Announces Dosing of Patients in CARDINAL-HF, a Phase 2 Clinical Trial of its PDE9 inhibitor in Heart Failure

CARDINAL-HF is the first Phase 2 proof-of-concept trial of a PDE9 inhibitor in heart failure Large-scale trial builds upon encouraging data generated in Cardurion’s Phase 1b trial CARDINAL-HF will examine the effects of CRD-740, Cardurion’s PDE9 inhibitor, in both types of heart failure and in key subsets of these patients […]

Pulnovo Medical Concludes Successfully First Pre-Sub Meeting with FDA for PADN Global Clinical Trial

SHANGHAI, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Pulnovo Medical Limited, a globally recognized device pioneer in the treatment for cardiopulmonary diseases, today announced that it has successfully concluded the first Pre-Sub meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for its Pulmonary Artery Denervation (PADN) Global Trial. Dr. Shaoliang Chen, Chair of Pulnovo […]

PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital First in LA to Use Next-Generation Evolut™ FX TAVR System

Evolut FX TAVR System Used to Treat Patient with Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital is the first hospital in Los Angeles to treat patients with the next-generation, self-expanding Evolut FX Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) System, a minimally invasive alternative to open-heart surgical aortic […]

SoniVie Announces successful procedure with TIVUS system on first patient enrolled for REDUCED1 Pilot study

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — SoniVie, an Israeli company developing a novel proprietary Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (TIVUS™) System to treat a variety of hypertensive disorders, announced that on May 30th 2022 the first patient was treated with its Renal Artery Denervation TIVUS™ technology, as part of the recently FDA IDE-approved Pilot […]

Intratech Medical enrolls patients to first ever human study for treatment of accute heart attacks using Booster™ – coronary sinus spiral balloon therapy

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Intratech Medical, developer of the Booster™ spiral balloon therapy for the treatment of AMI patients, announced the successful enrollment of two patients in a multi-center first in human study to assess the safety and technical performance of their Booster balloon in the treatment of patients […]

Four New Sets of Pre-Clinical Data Further Expands the Evidence Supporting Abelacimab

Additional Pharmacodynamic Data on Abelacimab Released at the 2022 Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Anthos Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative therapies for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, announced that four new research updates were presented on abelacimab during the […]

Filling gap in market: VenusP-Valve™ approved by China’s NMPA

HANGZHOU, China, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On July 11, 2022, VenusP-ValveTM, Venus Medtech’s in-house developed innovative transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement (TPVR) system, was approved by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the treatment of severe pulmonary regurgitation (≥3+) in patients after congenital heart defects (CHD) procedure with native right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). […]

NICE Issues Final Guidance for Reimbursement Making VAZKEPA® (icosapent ethyl) Available Across the NHS in England & Wales

— Newly published final guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK confirms its prior draft recommendation for the use of VAZKEPA® (icosapent ethyl) in England and Wales to reduce the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events in adult statin-treated patients at high CV risk who […]

Anumana Collaborates with Leading Global Health Care Company to Detect Heart Disease Using Artificial Intelligence

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation to collaborate on development of new medical device software for earlier detection and intervention in cardiovascular disease CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Anumana, Inc., an AI-driven health technology company and portfolio company of nference, has launched a multi-year strategic collaboration with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“Novartis”) to deploy a series of […]

Ancora Heart Receives Breakthrough Device Designation from FDA for the AccuCinch® Ventricular Restoration System

Designation Allows for Expedited Review of Transcatheter Therapy Designed to Improve Left Ventricular Structure and Function in Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ancora Heart, Inc., a company developing a novel device-based therapy to address heart failure, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]