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Arise Vascular Opens First Outpatient Cardiovascular Center in Lafayette, La.

Arise Vascular opens Cardiovascular Surgery Center to bring high-quality, high-value, outpatient cardiovascular procedures to the area. AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Lafayette, Louisiana is getting its first outpatient cardiovascular surgery center, bringing a new level of convenience, cost savings and state-of-the art care to the area. That’s because Austin, Texas-based Arise Vascular has opened the Cardiovascular Surgery […]

HeartCare Medical Announces 2021 Interim Results

Commercialized Products is Allowed to be Sold in Most of the Provinces in China Continue to Grow Sales of a Product Suite of Stroke Thrombectomy Devices HONG KONG, Aug. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Shanghai HeartCare Medical Technology Corporation Limited (“HeartCare Medical” or the “Company“, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group“, stock code: 6609), […]

Sequana Medical appoints Jackie Fielding, former Medtronic VP, to its Board of Directors

Ghent, Belgium – 31 August 2021 – Sequana Medical NV (Euronext Brussels: SEQUA, the “Company”), an innovator in the treatment of diuretic-resistant fluid overload in liver disease, malignant ascites and heart failure, today announces that it has appointed Jackie Fielding, a former Vice President of Medtronic with more than 30 […]

TISSIUM Raises €50M in Series C Financing to Propel its Platform to Commercial Stage

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TISSIUM, a privately-owned medtech company developing biomorphic programmable polymers for tissue reconstruction, announced it has closed a Series C round of financing, raising €50 million from new and existing international investors. Cathay Health, affiliated to global investment firm Cathay Capital, led new investors and joined other institutional and individual backers […]

Promaxo Appoints Paul Brathwaite as Vice President of Robotics

OAKLAND, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Promaxo, Inc. (“Promaxo” or the “Company”), a medical imaging, robotics, and AI technology company, announced today the appointment of Paul Brathwaite, Ph.D. as Vice President of Robotics. “Paul’s expansive knowledge of medical device development and his collaborative leadership style are invaluable assets to Promaxo, as we enhance our […]

Artio Medical Adds Operations, Quality, and Engineering Leadership

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan., Aug. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Artio Medical, Inc., a medical device company developing innovative products for the peripheral vascular, neurovascular, and structural heart markets, today announced the hiring of Wendy Sawyer as Senior Vice President of Operations and Quality and Mimi Fitterer as Senior Director of Technology. Sawyer joins Artio with over 30 years […]

Humacyte Announces Successful Closing of Business Combination with Alpha Healthcare Acquisition Corp.

Humacyte raises $245M gross proceeds Combined company is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market® under “HUMA” and “HUMAW” on August 27, 2021 Company well-positioned to deliver on promise of regenerative tissue HAV technology for initial indications in vascular trauma, AV access and peripheral arterial disease Combined […]

Renovacor Announces the Appointment of Matt Killeen, Ph.D., as Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Killeen joins Renovacor from BioMarin where he led the discovery and development of AAV-based gene therapies for inherited cardiac diseases PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Renovacor, Inc. (“Renovacor”), an early‑stage biotechnology company developing adeno-associated virus (AAV)‑based gene therapies for devastating cardiovascular and central nervous system diseases resulting […]

Cardior Raises €64M Series B to Advance Clinical Pipeline of RNA Therapeutics to Treat Cardiac Disease

Oversubscribed round enables late-stage clinical development of lead candidate, a micro-RNA-132 inhibitor, in heart failure and further accelerates pipeline expansion HANOVER, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardior Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biotech company developing non-coding RNA (ncRNA)-based therapeutics for patients with cardiac diseases, announced today the closing of a €64 million ($76 million) Series B […]