The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
SILVER SPRING, Md., May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On May 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Vyndaqel (tafamidis meglumine) and Vyndamax (tafamidis) capsules for the treatment of the heart disease (cardiomyopathy) caused by transthyretin‑mediated amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) in adults. These are the first FDA-approved treatments for ATTR-CM. Vyndaqel and Vyndamax have the […]
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN), a market-leading medical technology company, today announced that new clinical data for its sutureless surgical aortic valve, Perceval®, will be unveiled at this year’s American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) meeting. On May 4, Prof. Bart Meuris from Leuven University Hospital (BE) will present the data […]
TAMPA, Florida, May 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Concept Medical Inc. (CMI) has been granted “Breakthrough Device Designation” from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for MagicTouch, its Sirolimus drug-coated balloon (DCB) catheter, for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR). In-stent restenosis (ISR) is the gradual re-narrowing of a stented coronary artery lesion, due to […]
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces that, on April 26, the FDA approved initiation of the ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Door-to-Unloading (STEMI DTU) Pivotal Randomized Controlled Trial. The prospective, multi-center, two-arm trial plans to enroll 668 patients undergoing treatment for a STEMI heart attack. Half the patients will be randomized to receive […]
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYOK), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering a precision medicine approach for the treatment of serious cardiovascular diseases, today announced the publication of results from the company’s Phase 2 PIONEER-HCM study of mavacamten in an upcoming issue of […]
Quebec City, Quebec, April 30, 2019 – Opsens inc. (“Opsens” or the “Company”) (TSX:OPS) (OTCQX:OPSSF) is pleased to announce it has entered into a supply agreement as part of its long-term collaboration with Abiomed, Inc. (“Abiomed”) for the Impella CP® heart pump. Abiomed has awarded Opsens a five-year agreement to supply […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., April 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that a new study published in Circulation found its High Sensitive Troponin-I blood test could predict the chance of developing a cardiac event years before it occurs in people with no symptoms when added to current heart disease assessments.1 Using data from the Atherosclerosis […]
PARIS and NEW YORK, April 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantum Genomics (Euronext Growth – FR0011648971 – ALQGC), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of a new drug class that directly targets the brain to treat resistant hypertension and heart failure, announces the publication of the full results from its Phase […]
MANNHEIM, Germany, April 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Cardiac Dimensions, a leader in the development of innovative, minimally invasive treatments to address functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) in patients with heart failure (HF), presented new data confirming significant reduction in regurgitant volume directly after implantation of the Carillon Mitral Contour System® at the German Society of Cardiology […]
VANCOUVER, April 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NVCN)(TSX: NVCN), a leader in the development of minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve replacement technologies and in the development of minimally invasive devices for the treatment of refractory angina, today provided highlights from the 85th Annual Conference of the German […]
