The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Feb. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions (Nasdaq: CHFS), today announced the initiation of a distribution agreement in the Brazilian market with Bragenix, LTDA. This agreement expands the company’s worldwide sales outreach into South America by entering the largest market in the region. “We have aggressively […]
NEW YORK and MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mesoblast Limited (Nasdaq:MESO; ASX:MSB), a world leader in development and commercialization of cellular medicines, announced today that the last patient has now been dosed in the Phase 3 events-driven trial of its allogeneic cell therapy product candidate Revascor for advanced chronic […]
SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Foldax, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted IDE approval to begin an Early Feasibility Study of the Tria surgical aortic heart valve for the treatment of aortic valve disease. Using breakthrough LifePolymer™ – a proprietary advanced biopolymer material – and […]
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Feb. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLBS) (“Caladrius” or the “Company”), a late-stage therapeutics development biopharmaceutical company with multiple development programs targeting select cardiovascular indications and autoimmune disease, today announced top-line results from The Sanford Project: T-Rex Study, a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind Phase […]
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. and INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced CAROLINA® (CARdiovascular Outcome study of LINAgliptin versus glimepiride in patients with type 2 diabetes) met its primary endpoint, defined as non-inferiority for Tradjenta® (linagliptin) versus glimepiride in time to first occurrence of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction or […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — IBM Watson Health (NYSE: IBM) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard are expanding their partnership to help clinicians better predict the possibility of serious cardiovascular diseases. By working with genomics, clinical data and AI, IBM and the Broad Institute hope this three-year project will help provide doctors with tools to […]
AMSTERDAM and ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the launch of IntelliSpace Cardiovascular 4.1, its next-generation cardiovascular image and information management system. The latest version builds on the existing pediatric reporting capabilities, recognizing the important and unique nature of the pediatric environment. Clinicians can now […]
MASON, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AtriCure, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRC), a leading innovator in treatments for atrial fibrillation (Afib) and left atrial appendage management (LAAM), today announced that it has launched the cryoICE® cryoSPHERE™ probe in the United States. The cryoSPHERE probe is the first device in the cryoICE family solely dedicated to blocking pain by […]
VANCOUVER, Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Neovasc, Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NVCN)(TSX: NVCN), a leader in the development of minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve technologies and in the development of minimally invasive devices for the treatment of refractory angina, today announced that the Pierangeli Clinic of Pescara, Italy, under the guidance of its […]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HeartFlow, Inc. today announced the findings of a new consumer survey of more than 1,500 adults across the United States that sheds light on dangerous misconceptions and lack of awareness around heart disease, the leading killer in the U.S. The research shows that while most people are optimistic […]
