Regulatory

Abbott’s Life Support System Receives New FDA Clearances to Help Doctors Treat More Critically Ill Patients

Abbott’s CentriMag™ Blood Pump, previously cleared for use up to six hours, now can be used to provide longer-term life support to critically ill patients, providing doctors more time to make critical care decisions Abbott’s CentriMag™ Pre-connected Pack, which combines a blood pump and oxygenator to form a life support […]

Route 92 Medical Receives the First FDA Clearance for a Complete Stroke Treatment System

The FreeClimb 70 Reperfusion System, powered by the Tenzing 7 delivery catheter, enables neurointerventionalists to address critical unmet needs in ischemic stroke treatment SAN MATEO, Calif., April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Route 92 Medical, Inc., a privately held medical technology company dedicated to improving outcomes for patients undergoing neurovascular […]

BlackSwan Vascular Wins FDA Premarket Approval of Innovative New Treatment for Peripheral Arterial Hemorrhages

Lava® LES is the first liquid embolic product approved by the FDA for use in the peripheral vasculature HAYWARD, Calif., April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Bay Area-based BlackSwan Vascular, Inc., a privately held company that is developing innovative therapies in endovascular embolization, is pleased to announce it has received FDA Premarket Approval […]

RapidAI Receives First and Only FDA 510(k) Clearance of Non-Contrast CT Imaging Product to Accelerate Acute Stroke Triage

Part of RapidAI’s industry-leading stroke solution, Rapid NCCT Stroke supports faster treatment and transfer decisions while driving greater equity of care SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RapidAI, the global leader in neurovascular and vascular AI-enhanced clinical decision support and patient workflow, today announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for Rapid NCCT […]

Genetesis Receives 2nd FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Myocardial Ischemia Using CardioFlux MCG

Designation represents progress for patients with suspected Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction as the FDA recognizes disease’s debilitating impacts and the lack of effective non-invasive options for efficient diagnosis MASON, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Genetesis, Inc., the leader in biomagnetic cardiac imaging solutions, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted […]

IPS HEART receives FDA Rare Pediatric Drug Designations for both of its Stem Cell Drugs for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IPS HEART has been granted rare pediatric drug designation by the FDA for GIVI-MPC, a first-in-class stem cell therapeutic to create new skeletal muscle with 100% full length dystrophin and for ISX9-CPC, a first-in-class stem cell therapeutic for creating new functional cardiac muscle for the treatment of patients with Duchenne […]

Icentia Receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Clearance for CardioSTAT®

QUEBEC CITY, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Icentia Inc., today announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for CardioSTAT, an ambulatory, continuous ECG monitoring solution that relies on a wire free, single-use recorder. “This approval marks a key milestone for our company. The FDA clearance opens the door to the world’s largest […]

Surmodics Provides Regulatory Update on its Strategy to Submit an Amended Premarket Approval Application for the SurVeil™ Drug-Coated Balloon

Announces Receipt of Positive Formal FDA Feedback via the Q-Submission Program Substantially reduces the anticipated time and cost needed to receive a PMA EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Surmodics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX), a leading provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies to the health care industry, today announced that it has […]

Getinge recieves FDA premarket approval for the iCast™ covered stent system in the US

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Getinge’s iCast™ covered stent system has received premarket approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with iliac arterial occlusive disease. Iliac arterial occlusive disease is a type of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a serious condition that only in the US […]

FDA Approves First-in-class Evkeeza® (evinacumab-dgnb) for Young Children with Ultra-rare Form of High Cholesterol

Approval extends Evkeeza to children aged 5 to 11 with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), an inherited condition characterized by extremely high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) 48% reduction in LDL-C from baseline at week 24 when Evkeeza was added to other lipid-lowering therapies in the pivotal trial TARRYTOWN, N.Y., March 22, […]