Hot Line Sessions to Feature Results from Investigational FINEARTS-HF Study in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction and Pooled, Exploratory Analysis from Three Pivotal Phase III Trials Exploring Finerenone on Cardio-Kidney Outcomes Detailed data from the Phase III FINEARTS-HF trial that investigated KERENDIA® (finerenone) in patients with heart […]
Coronary/Structural Heart
Renata Medical Receives FDA Approval for the Minima Growth Stent, First-of-its-Kind Device for Treating Aortic Coarctation and Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
August 29, 2024 08:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Renata Medical today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s first-of-its-kind Minima Growth Stent that’s specifically tailored for neonates, infants, and young children, but also designed to be re-expanded over the course of their […]
BridgeBio to Present Additional Analyses from the Phase 3 ATTRibute-CM Trial of Acoramidis in Patients with Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) at the ESC Congress 2024 and the HFSA Annual Meeting 2024
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO) (“BridgeBio” or the “Company”), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases, announced today that additional data on clinical outcomes from ATTRibute-CM, its Phase 3 study of acoramidis in ATTR-CM, will be presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2024, taking place in London, United Kingdom on August 30 – September 2, 2024 and the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Annual Scientific Meeting 2024, taking place in Atlanta, Georgia on September 27 – 30, 2024.
Flagship Pioneering and Quotient Therapeutics Announce Agreement to Identify Potential Novel Targets for the Treatment of Cardiovascular and Renal Diseases under Strategic Partnership with Pfizer
Collaboration leverages Quotient’s platform to identify somatic mutations in genes that modify the progression of cardiovascular and renal diseases Quotient and Pioneering Medicines, Flagship’s in-house drug development unit, will jointly conduct research activities Agreement initiated…
Novartis twice-yearly* Leqvio® demonstrated clinically meaningful, statistically significant LDL-C lowering as a monotherapy in patients at low or moderate ASCVD risk
Basel, August 28, 2024 – Novartis announced today positive topline results from twice-yearly* Leqvio® (inclisiran) in the Phase III V-MONO study, which met its primary endpoints. Leqvio monotherapy achieved clinically meaningful and statistically significant low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering versus both placebo and ezetimibe in patients who were at low or moderate risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and not receiving lipid-lowering therapy1.
Currax Pharmaceuticals: CONTRAVE®/MYSIMBA® Demonstrates Positive Cardiovascular Safety in a Large, Real-World Evidence Study
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC (“Currax”) today announced the results of a Cardiovascular Health Outcomes Analysis (HOA). The results showed there is no evidence of excess cardiovascular risk and no statistically significant difference in major…
Boston Scientific Obtains CE Mark for ACURATE Prime™ Aortic Valve System
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced it has obtained CE mark for the ACURATE Prime™ Aortic Valve System, the newest transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) technology in the company’s structural heart portfolio….
Merck Receives European Commission Approval for WINREVAIR™ (sotatercept) in Combination With Other Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Therapies, for the Treatment of PAH in Adult Patients With Functional Class II-III
WINREVAIR is the first activin signaling inhibitor therapy for PAH approved in Europe RAHWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the European Commission (EC) has approved WINREVAIR™ (sotatercept), in combination with other pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) therapies, for the […]
GE HealthCare Showcases Latest AI-Enhanced Cardiology Solutions to Enable Real-Time Cardiac Imaging and Assessments at the Point of Care at ESC 2024
CE mark of these next-generation cardiac imaging systems will further enable connected care along the cardiology patient journey and provide clinicians with the tools to deliver more efficient and timely care August 26, 2024 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) announced the CE marks of […]
BridgeBio Partners with Leading Cardiovascular Data Science Lab (CarDS Lab) to Improve Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) Diagnosis in Diverse Patient Populations with Multimodal Artificial Intelligence
– The TRACE-AI Network Study will deploy a scalable screening toolkit for ATTR-CM across large, diverse health system electronic health records (EHRs) aiming to identify individuals who have ATTR-CM earlier in their disease course and quantify the potential prevalence of undiagnosed ATTR-CM



