Coronary/Structural Heart

Canon Medical Introduces New Configuration of Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition – A Comprehensive Cardiac CT Solution Powered by Artificial Intelligence

New System Rounds Out CT Portfolio that Provides Clinicians with Innovative Cardiac Capabilities TUSTIN, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To meet the growing cardiovascular imaging needs of healthcare systems, Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. is introducing a new configuration of the Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition – the Aquilion ONE / GENESIS SP – a complete […]

PhaseBio Doses First Patient in VANGARD Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Evaluate PB1046 for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

Recently launched Phase 2 “VANGARD” trial to assess the efficacy and safety of PB1046 in hospitalized COVID-19 patients at high risk for rapid clinical deterioration and acute respiratory distress syndrome PB1046, a long-acting analog of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), has the potential to modulate several proinflammatory cytokines that are believed […]

DAXOR ANNOUNCES PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL AT DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER TO GUIDE VOLUME TREATMENT IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS

Enrollment Commences Using the BVA-100® Diagnostic Blood Test NEW YORK, July 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daxor Corporation (NYSE MKT: DXR), an investment company with innovative medical instrumentation and biotechnology operations focused on blood volume measurement, today announced the initiation of a prospective randomized control trial (RTC) utilizing Daxor’s BVA-100 (Blood […]

Edwards’ KONECT RESILIA Aortic Valved Conduit Receives FDA Approval For Complex Aortic Valve Surgeries

IRVINE, Calif., July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the KONECT RESILIA aortic valved conduit (AVC), the first ready-to-implant solution for bio-Bentall procedures, […]

Cytokinetics Provides Updates on Its Cardiovascular Pipeline and Strategies to Build a Commercial Franchise at Today’s Virtual Investor & Analyst Day

Topline Results from GALACTIC-HF, Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Omecamtiv Mecarbil, Cardiac Myosin Activator, Expected in Q4 Licensing Collaboration and Royalty Monetization Deals with Xi Jing Pharmaceuticals and RTW Investments Accelerate and Expand Development of CK-3773274, Next Generation Cardiac Myosin Inhibitor Leveraging Partnerships to Finance Build of Commercial Business SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, […]

Venus Medtech to Partner with Pi-Cardia to Bring its Leaflex(TM) Aortic Valve Technology to China

HANGZHOU, China and REHOVOT, Israel, July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc. (stock code: 2500.HK), the leading transcatheter heart valve medical device player in China, and Pi-Cardia Ltd., a global leader in the development of non-implant catheter-based solutions for treating heart valve calcification, announced today a collaboration to bring Pi-Cardia’s Leaflex™ technology to China. Pi-Cardia’s […]

SINOMED® Completes One-Year Follow-Up of the PIONEER-III European, US and Japanese Trial of the BuMA Supreme® Coronary Drug-Eluting Stent

TIANJIN, China, July 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — SINOMED, a developer of innovative neuro- and cardiovascular technologies, announced the completion of the 1-year follow-up in the PIONEER-III, randomized global trial evaluating the BuMA Supreme Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent (DES). Once completed, the company plans to submit the data to the U.S. Food and Drug […]

Neovasc Announces Circulatory System Devices Panel Meeting Date for Neovasc Reducer™ Device

VANCOUVER and MINNEAPOLIS, July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — Neovasc, Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN), announced today that it has been informed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee will review the premarket approval application (PMA) for […]

Somalogic and NEC Solution Innovators Announce Launch of Foneslife Corporation

New company will deliver blood tests based on large-scale protein measurements to people in Japan BOULDER, Colo., July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SomaLogic, Inc. and NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. of Japan, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, announced today the establishment of FonesLife Corporation, a new Tokyo-based company that will […]

Philips and BioIntelliSense form strategic collaboration to enhance remote patient monitoring for at-risk patients from the hospital into the home

July 9, 2020 Philips integrates the BioIntelliSense FDA-cleared BioSticker™ sensor as part of its remote patient monitoring solutions for patients outside the hospital Multi-parameter sensors aid monitoring across multiple chronic conditions with medical-grade vital signs for physicians to remotely track core symptoms, including COVID-19   Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, […]