The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced that it has earned a $10 million milestone payment from Amgen following the administration of the first dose of AMG 890, formerly referred to as ARO-LPA, in a clinical study. Amgen is evaluating AMG 890 in a Phase 1 clinical study […]
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Vascular Graft Solutions announces today that John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, is the first center in the UK to use its VEST technology to externally support vein grafts in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. “After several decades in which little progress had been made in coronary […]
BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Infraredx, Inc., a pioneer in intravascular imaging for mapping coronary artery disease, today announced the Makoto™ Intravascular Imaging System, and accompanying Dualpro™ intravascular ultrasound and near-infrared spectroscopy (IVUS+NIRS) catheter, is now available in Japan. The launch follows a successful Spring 2018 limited market release, which included more than […]
BOSTON & NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GE Healthcare and Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNTH), parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. (collectively “Lantheus”), have started a second Phase 3 clinical trial of Flurpiridaz 18F (called the AURORA study), an investigational agent being evaluated for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD), the […]
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Thermedical® announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application for the Early Feasibility Study (EFS) of the groundbreaking Durablate™ ablation catheter. The single-arm, observational study is designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Durablate catheter to […]
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, July 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy, announced today that it will participate at two conferences in August. […]
Tokyo, Japan and Toronto, Ontario, July 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vasomune Therapeutics (“Vasomune”), a Toronto-based spin-out from Sunnybrook Research Institute and MaRS Innovation, and AnGes, Inc. (Tokyo, TYO:4563), a Japan-based biotechnology company focused on developing biotherapeutics, announce the signing of an innovative global Co-Development Agreement for the development and commercialization of […]
ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI®) (NASDAQ: CSII), a medical device company developing and commercializing innovative interventional treatment systems for patients with peripheral and coronary artery disease, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Aerolase Corp. (Aerolase®) to co-develop a new laser atherectomy device for physicians to […]
PASADENA, Calif., July 30, 2018 – The FH Foundation announced that an important consensus statement on diagnosing familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a common life-threatening genetic condition, was published online today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Authored by an international panel of 30 cardiovascular, lipid, genetics and advocacy experts and led by the FH […]
LONDON, July 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Stem Cell Therapies in CVMDSummaryRegenerative medicine could potentially cure diseases and may replace palliative treatments for chronic diseases.Stem cells in particular have been studied for their regenerative properties: their potential to repair or replace damaged or diseased human cells or tissues to restore normal function.Download the full […]
