Regulatory

First Patient Enrolls in STEMI DTU Randomized Controlled FDA Trial; Study Aims to Further Demonstrate Impella’s Safety and Effectiveness

DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces initiation of the ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Door-to-Unloading (STEMI DTU) Pivotal Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT), which will explore whether unloading the heart’s left ventricle for 30 minutes with an Impella heart pump prior to opening blocked arteries will […]

Correvio Stock Trading Halted Today; FDA Advisory Committee Meeting To Discuss Brinavess™ For Recent Onset Atrial Fibrillation

NASDAQ: CORV   TSX: CORV VANCOUVER, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Correvio Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CORV) (TSX: CORV), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on commercializing hospital drugs, today announced that NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) have halted trading of the Company’s common stock. […]

Bracco Diagnostics Inc.’s LUMASON® (sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres) for injectable suspension, for intravenous use or intravesical use, receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for use in echocardiography to opacify the left ventricular chamber and to improve the delineation of the left ventricular endocardial border in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms

MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J., Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bracco Diagnostics Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Bracco Imaging S.p.A., one of the world’s leading companies in the diagnostic imaging business, announced today that its contrast agent LUMASON is the first ultrasound enhancing agent (UEA) […]

FDA Clears Siemens Healthineers SOMATOM X.cite CT Scanner With Intelligent User Interface Concept

myExam Companion intelligent user interface concept guides technologists through complex clinical tasks myExam Companion automatically adapts scans based on A.I.-trained clinical decision trees to simplify image acquisition parameters and reconstruction tasks SOMATOM X.cite improves patient comfort with an 82cm gantry […]

Medtronic Drug-Coated Balloon Receives U.S. FDA Approval to Treat Arteriovenous Fistula Lesions

Clinical Data Demonstrates IN.PACT™ AV DCB Is Safe, Reduces Reinterventions, and Maintains Access for End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Undergoing Dialysis DUBLIN, Nov. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the IN.PACT™ […]

Merit Medical Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for WRAPSODY™ Endovascular Stent Graft System

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Nov. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy, […]

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation Status for BioVentrix Revivent TC Transcatheter Ventricular Enhancement System for Heart Failure

SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioVentrix, Inc., a privately-held company with a first-in-class, transcatheter-based structural heart device to treat heart failure, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company Breakthrough Device Designation status for its Revivent […]

Amarin Announced FDA Advisory Committee Voted Unanimously (16-0) to Recommend Approval of Vascepa® (icosapent ethyl) Capsules Label Expansion to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Based on Landmark REDUCE-IT® Outcomes Trial

Cardiovascular disease events like heart attacks, stroke and death affect millions of patients in the United States and are estimated to cost $500 billion annually Millions of high-risk patients with cardiovascular disease could benefit from this cost-effective therapy if expanded […]

Ultromics Receives FDA Clearance for its AI-powered Decision Support System, EchoGo Core

AI automates cardiac analysis helping earlier detection of cardiovascular disease, enabling clinicians to improve patient care and outcomes OXFORD, England, Nov. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ultromics, the UK-based health technology firm at the forefront of applying artificial intelligence to echocardiography, has received 510(K) […]