DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (Nasdaq: ABMD), maker of the Impella heart pump, announced today it has appointed Charles (Chuck) Simonton, M.D., as vice president and chief medical officer. Dr. Simonton is renowned for his leadership in product development and large-scale clinical trials. He was most recently at Abbott Vascular where he served as chief medical officer […]
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Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. announces the closing of a first financing round; provides update on its minimally invasive transcatheter heart pump
MONTREAL, June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Puzzle Medical Devices Inc., (www.puzzlemed.com) announces the closure of its first convertible debenture financing round led by Canadian entrepreneur Pascal Labrecque. Other participants include a United States venture capital firm, entrepreneurs and interventional cardiologists practicing in Canada, the United States and Europe. This investment follows the successful completion of Puzzle Medical’s first preclinical studies […]
Endonovo Therapeutics Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2020 Financial Results
Los Angeles, CA, June 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Endonovo Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: ENDV) (“Endonovo” or the “Company”), today announces financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. Company improved financial and operating results are reflected in every major financial category, as compared to first quarter […]
Neovasc Announces $11.5 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-The-Market
Vancouver, BC, June 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE –Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NVCN / TSX: NVCN) announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements with certain healthcare-focused institutional investors for the sale of an aggregate of 3,883,036 common shares at a purchase price of […]
LivaNova Announces Proposed Private Offering of $250 Million of Cash Exchangeable Senior Notes
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN) (“LivaNova”) today announced its intention to offer $250 million aggregate principal amount of cash exchangeable senior notes due 2025 through its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, LivaNova USA, Inc., in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, […]
Verve Therapeutics Raises $63 million in Series A2 Financing to Advance Gene-Editing Therapies for Heart Disease
Proceeds Will Be Used to Progress Lead Program to Phase 1 Clinical Trials and Expand Pipeline Programs CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verve Therapeutics, a next-generation cardiovascular company developing therapies that safely edit the adult human genome to permanently reduce a person’s risk of coronary heart disease, today announced it has raised $63 […]
Sofinnova Partners Announces Sale of Corvidia Therapeutics to Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk acquires Corvidia for $2.1B with an upfront payment of $725M in cash Sofinnova Partners co-founded Corvidia as its sole seed financial investor in 2015 with serial entrepreneur Michael Davidson PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sofinnova Partners, a leading European life sciences venture capital firm based in Paris, London and Milan, announced today […]
Cardiovascular Systems Prices Public Offering of Common Stock
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 the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 3,676,471 shares of its common stock at a price to […]
LindaCare Appoints Donald Deyo to Executive Chairman and Head of US Operations
LEUVEN, Belgium and STAMFORD, Conn., June 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — LindaCare is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald L. Deyo into the new roles of Executive Chairman of the LindaCare NV and President and CEO of the US subsidiary, LindaCare Inc. Deyo has served as Chairman of the Board for the Company since 2017. LindaCare […]
Ardelyx Appoints Veteran Biopharma Executive, Justin Renz, as Chief Financial Officer
FREMONT, Calif., June 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ardelyx, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDX), a specialized biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative first-in-class medicines to improve treatment for people with kidney and cardiovascular diseases, today announced the appointment of Justin Renz to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Renz, a highly accomplished leader with over 20 years of […]



