MINNEAPOLIS, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Mardil Medical, Inc., today announced the successful completion of treatment for the third patient in the clinical trial of its improved VenTouch™ device. VenTouch is a combination therapy which simultaneously treats the distorted valve, the dilated ventricle and the displaced papillary muscles in patients suffering from Type IIIb Functional Mitral Valve […]
Coronary/Structural Heart
CHF Solutions Doubles Production Staff of Aquadex SmartFlow™ Consoles Due to Hospital Demand
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions (Nasdaq: CHFS), a medical device company dedicated to changing the lives of patients suffering from fluid overload, announced that it has doubled the production staff that builds its next generation Aquadex SmartFlow consoles in response to increased demand from […]
BIOCARDIA ANNOUNCES POSITIVE DSMB RECOMMENDATION TO CONTINUE PHASE III PIVOTAL CARDIAMP HEART FAILURE STUDY, AS PLANNED
Company to Host Conference Call with National Co-Principal Investigators Today at 4:15 p.m. ET to Provide Study Updates SAN CARLOS, Calif., March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCardia (Nasdaq: BCDA), a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) […]
Acasti Pharma Submits FDA Meeting Request on Schedule, and FDA Meeting Expected in the Second Half of June
LAVAL, Québec, April 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acasti Pharma Inc. (“Acasti” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ACST – TSX-V: ACST), a biopharmaceutical innovator focused on the research, development and commercialization of its prescription drug candidate CaPre® (omega-3 phospholipid) for the treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia, today announced that it has filed […]
Horizon Discovery and Pharmahungary Report Positive Early-Stage Results for Novel Micro-RNA Therapeutic for Ischemic Heart Diseases
Micro-RNA compound found suitable for further development following favorable pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study results CAMBRIDGE, England & BUDAPEST, Hungary–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon”, “the Company” or “the Group”), a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation for cell line engineering, and Pharmahungary Group, […]
Edwards SAPIEN 3 Valve Shows Excellent Results At 2 Years
IRVINE, Calif., March 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced 2-year results of the randomized PARTNER 3 trial comparing treatment with the SAPIEN 3 valve to surgery in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) at […]
FDA Approves Next-Generation ZOLL® TherOx System for Widowmaker Heart Attack Patients
First and Only Treatment to Reduce Heart Muscle Damage Following Angioplasty and Stenting CHELMSFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ZOLL® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced today it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the second-generation TherOx System, which provides SuperSaturated […]
Medtronic Evolut TAVR System Demonstrates Excellent Outcomes in Study of Low-Risk Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis
ACC.20/WCC: Low Rates of Paravalvular Leak and High Survival Observed in Late-breaking Clinical Trial of Low-Risk Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis Patients DUBLIN, March 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced late-breaking clinical data from the Low Risk Bicuspid Study assessing the use of the […]
Edwards Pauses Enrollments In Pivotal Mitral, Tricuspid Trials In Response To Hospitals’ Focus On COVID-19
IRVINE, Calif., March 28, 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 will temporarily pause new enrollments in its active pivotal clinical trials of transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies, in response to the urgent COVID-19 response […]
MyoKardia Announces Mavacamten Treatment Well Tolerated and Significantly Reduced Biomarkers of Cardiac Injury and Wall Stress in Non-Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients
MAVERICK-HCM Phase 2 Clinical Trial Results Consistent with Tolerability Observations from Prior Studies of Mavacamten Improvement in NT-proBNP and Troponin Levels Support Future Development in Non-Obstructive HCM and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) MyoKardia to Host Webcast Conference Call at 4:30 p.m. EDT BRISBANE, Calif., March 30, 2020 […]



