The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — AACC, a global scientific and medical professional organization dedicated to better health through laboratory medicine, is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC Foundation that aims to expand lipid testing in resource-limited countries. Improving access […]
BRISBANE, Calif., Sept. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYOK) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the company’s Phase 2 clinical trial of danicamtiv (formerly MYK-491) in people with primary dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) thought to be caused by genetic mutations of the sarcomere. Danicamtiv […]
Rule would give Medicare patients immediate access to breakthrough heart failure therapy MT. LAUREL, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Impulse Dynamics, Inc., a company dedicated to improving the lives of people with heart failure, today announced that a proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) could further streamline coverage of […]
RUC-4 is the first and only GPIIb/IIIa inhibitor that is in clinical development as a simple, single subcutaneous injection treatment to potently and rapidly block all platelet aggregation pathways to improve outcomes for heart attack patients September 03, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CeleCor Therapeutics, Inc. announced positive […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions (Nasdaq: CHFS), a medical device company dedicated to changing the lives of patients suffering from fluid overload, today announced the company will host an interactive, physician-led webinar to discuss “Precision Medicine for the Treatment of Fluid Overload in Patients […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
COTIGNOLA, Italy, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Concept Medical Inc., focused on vascular intervention drug delivery devices, has announced the enrolment of the first patient in the TRANSFORM-1 RCT (TReAtmeNt of Small coronary vessels: Randomized controlled trial FOR MagicTouch sirolimus coated balloon). TRANSFORM-1 is a prospective, randomized, multi-center, European study focusing on coronary artery lesions in small vessels with a […]
PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced the presentation of positive new Phase 1/2 clinical data on two RNAi-based cardiometabolic candidates, ARO-APOC3 targeting apolipoprotein C-III (APOC3) being developed as a treatment for patients with hypertriglyceridemia, and ARO-ANG3 targeting angiopoietin like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) being developed as a treatment […]
