The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — REVA Medical, Inc. (ASX: RVA) (“REVA” or the “Company”), a leader in bioresorbable polymer technologies for vascular applications, announced the geographic expansion of its commercial operations in seven European countries with the addition of four new distribution partnerships. These partnerships will allow […]
BURLINGAME, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JC Medical today announced the successful treatment of the first U.S. patient with the company’s first-of-its-kind transfemoral TAVR device, the J-Valve TF System. The patient was treated at The Christ Hospital – Cincinnati, Ohio by Dean Kereiakes, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Medical Co-Director of the Lindner Research Center, working […]
BEDMINSTER, N.J., Jan. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. (NYSE AMER: MTNB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has appointed Keith A. Kucinski, CPA, MBA as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kucinski brings to Matinas over 20 years of diversified and broad finance expertise with demonstrated leadership and […]
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced that the SAPIEN 3 Ultra system has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis patients […]
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 the first patients in the United States were treated using the OrbusNeich® Teleport Microcatheter (Teleport), which recently received U.S. Food […]
HANGZHOU, China and CAESAREA, Israel and TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc., the preeminent Chinese transcatheter heart valve company, today announced it has closed its Merger with Keystone Heart Ltd., a privately-held medical device company and makers of TriGUARD 3™. The Merger provides Venus Medtech with TriGUARD 3, the first Cerebral Embolic Protection Device designed […]
KFAR-SABA, Israel & ALISO VIEJO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CathWorks announced today that its FFRangio™ System received United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance. The FFRangio system demonstrated accuracy versus the invasive FFR wire in a blinded comparative study, FAST-FFR. The results of the FAST-FFR pivotal study were used to establish substantial […]
LAVAL, Québec, Dec. 20, 2018 (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 (HTG), today announced it has reached […]
BRAINTREE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Paragonix Technologies, Inc. today announced that it received clearance by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a design enhancement allowing for the use of the Paragonix SherpaPak™ Cardiac Transport System (CTS)1,2 with small and pediatric donor hearts. Starting in Q1 2019, Paragonix SherpaPak™ CTS will now be shipped with […]
LONDON and MONTREAL, Dec. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DalCor today announced the completion of patient enrollment in the dal-GenE study, the first Phase 3 precision medicine cardiovascular outcomes trial in coronary heart disease. The dal-GenE study is evaluating the efficacy of the CETP inhibitor dalcetrapib to reduce clinical cardiovascular […]
