The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
TIANJIN, China, July 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In a significant milestone toward obtaining key regulatory approvals for the BuMA Supreme Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) System, SINOMED has completed enrollment in the PIONEER III randomized, controlled clinical trial. The PIONEER III trial is designed to assess the safety and effectiveness of the BuMA Supreme […]
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYOK) today announced updates related to its hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) treatment portfolio, including lead therapeutic candidate, mavacamten. Patient screening has closed for the Phase 3 EXPLORER-HCM registrational clinical study to assess the effect of mavacamten in treating […]
OAKLAND, Calif., July 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Both numbers in a blood pressure reading — the “upper” systolic and the “lower” diastolic — independently predicted the risk of heart attack or stroke in a very large Kaiser Permanente study that included more than 36 million blood pressure readings from more than 1 […]
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. (“Corindus” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that it has installed CorPath® GRX Systems in two new hospitals affiliated with one of the nation’s largest hospital networks, HCA Healthcare. The new systems are now installed in hospital locations […]
SAN DIEGO, July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ambrx Inc. today announced that Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (“BMS”) has initiated a phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of long-acting Relaxin for the potential treatment of heart failure (“HF”). Long-acting Relaxin is an investigational biologic produced using Ambrx’ proprietary expanded genetic code […]
BOSTON, July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Biofourmis, a fast-growing global leader in digital therapeutics, has entered a research partnership with the Yale University-Mayo Clinic Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI). Biofourmis’ mobile platform BiovitalsHFTM will be leveraged in a study of patients with heart failure to monitor functional capacity and quality of life […]
Pending U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Humanitarian Use Device (“HUD”) Classification and Approval as a HUD, Company Expects to Begin Commercializing Reducer in U.S. by Early 2020 A potential HUD Reducer designation for Canadian Cardiovascular Society (“CCS”) Class IV would, by statute, allow the treatment of a limited number of […]
WHIPPANY, N.J., July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bayer announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gadavist® (gadobutrol) injection for use in cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to assess myocardial perfusion (stress, rest) and late gadolinium enhancement in adult patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Gadavist is […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the company has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the most advanced MitraClip™ heart valve repair device to treat mitral regurgitation. The latest approval for the fourth-generation MitraClip device, MitraClip G4, puts new enhancements into the hands of […]
12 July, 2019 – Minnesota, United States and Melbourne, Australia – Osprey Medical (ASX: OSP) today announces its response to the US President signing an Executive Order aimed at transforming kidney care for more than 37 million Americans with some form of kidney disease. The initiative seeks to prevent kidney […]
