Coronary/Structural Heart

Ionis announces positive data for ETESIAN Phase 2b study of antisense medicine targeting PCSK9 at 2022 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session

–  ETESIAN Phase 2b study of ION449 (AZD8233) met its primary and secondary endpoints; ION449 was generally well tolerated –  ION449 demonstrated potential best-in-class efficacy profile for a self-administered subcutaneous monthly dose regimen –  Study findings warrant further clinical development of ION449 for patients with hypercholesterolemia at high cardiovascular risk CARLSBAD, Calif., April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. […]

Donisi Health Presents Data at ACC22 Demonstrating Accuracy of a Contact-Free Medical Device that Detects Pulmonary Congestion in CHF Patients at Home

Clinical Study Confirms Ability to Identify Lung Congestion with Medical-Grade Accuracy TEL AVIV, Israel and WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 4, 2022 – Donisi Health, a MedTech company working to disrupt the readmission cycle of congestive heart failure (CHF) patients, announced results of a clinical study demonstrating the efficacy of its […]

ACC.22: Medtronic renal denervation system demonstrates significant blood pressure reduction through three years

Medtronic adds to its robust clinical program with long-term data demonstrating the continued blood pressure lowering effect of the Symplicity renal denervation procedure Medtronic also completes enrollment in the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED trial DUBLIN and WASHINGTON, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced long-term data […]

Cytokinetics Announces Results From METEORIC-HF and Additional Data From GALACTIC-HF Presented at the American College of Cardiology 71st Annual Scientific Session

No Effect of Omecamtiv Mecarbil On Exercise Capacity in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in METEORIC-HF Healthcare Resource Utilization and Cost Analysis from GALACTIC-HF Demonstrate Treatment with Omecamtiv Mecarbil Led to 19% Cost Reduction Per Patient in Key Subgroup Additional Results from GALACTIC-HF Indicate Treatment with Omecamtiv […]

Esperion Announces Two NEXLETOL® (bempedoic acid) Data Presentations at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session & Expo

New Analyses of thousands of patients spanning Phase 2 and pooled Phase 3 data demonstrate that NEXLETOL safely and significantly lowers LDL-C compared to placebo in patients with renal impairment or hypertension ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Esperion (NASDAQ: ESPR) today presented two new analyses from […]

Lexicon Welcomes New Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure

Guidelines issued jointly by the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Heart Failure Society of America New guidelines recommend the use of SGLT inhibitors for the prevention and treatment of heart failure and highlight the need to improve optimization of medical therapies during hospitalizations THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 04, […]

BridgeBio Pharma Presents Updated Results from Phase 2 Open-label Extension Study of Acoramidis in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM)

– NT-proBNP, a biomarker of cardiac failure and independent predictor of mortality in ATTR-CM patients, was stable or improving throughout the study. At Month 30, median change from baseline in NT-proBNP was -437 pg/mL with 68% of participants observing NT-proBNP levels below their baseline – Serum TTR levels were sustainably […]

Verve Therapeutics Reports Durable and Well-Tolerated Editing of ANGPTL3 Gene Out to More than 20 Months in Non-Human Primates for Potential Treatment of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Updated Sequential Dosing Data Show Administration of PCSK9 Base Editor Followed by ANGPTL3 Base Editor is Well-Tolerated in NHPs Data to be Presented Today at the American College of Cardiology 71st Annual Scientific Session & Expo CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verve Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering a new […]

Positive New Data from Phase 1/2 Trial of AT-01 Presented at 2022 American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session

AT-01 is a first-in-class pan-amyloid imaging agent capable of detecting diverse types of amyloid Sensitivity in those with previously diagnosed cardiac disease was 100% in ATTR and 93% in AL Cardiac uptake was also observed in eleven patients who had not previously been diagnosed with cardiac disease SAN FRANCISCO, April […]

Bristol Myers Squibb Announces Data from EXPLORER-LTE Demonstrating Sustained Improvements in Clinically Meaningful Cardiovascular Outcomes at Weeks 48 and 84 in Patients with Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Receiving Mavacamten

Treatment with mavacamten showed sustained improvement in left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradients, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class and N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels At 48 and 84 Weeks, Mavacamten safety was consistent with that seen in the EXPLORER-HCM study Interim results were presented as a late-breaking […]