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Amarin to Present at 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, January 9, 2019

BEDMINSTER, N.J., and DUBLIN, Ireland, Jan. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN), a pharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health, announced today that John F. Thero, Amarin’s president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present a company update at […]

MyoKardia Regains Global Rights to Mavacamten and MYK-491 Programs from Sanofi

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYOK), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering precision medicine for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, today announced it has regained worldwide rights to all programs covered under its license and collaboration agreement with Sanofi. The collaboration will not […]

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Receives Approval for the Diamondback 360® Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System with Classic Crown and New ViperWire Advance® FlexTip Guidewire in Japan

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, announced today that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved the Diamondback 360®Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System (OAS) with Classic Crown […]

Intact Vascular Announces Enrollment Completion of TOBA II BTK Clinical Trial

WAYNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intact Vascular, Inc., a developer of medical devices for minimally invasive peripheral vascular procedures, today announced its Tack Optimized Balloon Angioplasty II BTK (TOBA II BTK) clinical trial successfully completed enrollment, ahead of schedule. This study further augments Intact Vascular’s robust clinical program and is notably the first pivotal trial investigating a […]

Abiomed to Present at the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced that Michael R. Minogue, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January 7, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST. The […]

CathWorks Names Paul Kapsner as Vice-President of Sales

KFAR-SABA, Israel & ALISO VIEJO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CathWorks announced that Paul Kapsner has been named as Global Vice President of Sales. His appointment coincides with recent United States FDA clearance of the company’s CathWorks FFRangio™ System. His initial focus will be on accelerating the clinical and commercial organization in the United States. […]

Mesoblast Corporate Review

NEW YORK and MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mesoblast will enter 2019 with the most mature cell therapy product pipeline and technology platform in the regenerative medicine industry. Two commercial products have already been approved and marketed by the Company’s licensees JCR Pharmaceuticals Co, Ltd. in Japan and […]

Edwards’ SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve Receives FDA Approval

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced that the SAPIEN 3 Ultra system has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis patients […]

Boston Scientific Exercises Option to Acquire Millipede, Inc.

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Dec. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced it exercised its option to acquire the remaining shares of Millipede, Inc, a privately-held company in Santa Rosa, Calif., upon its recent successful completion of a first-in-human clinical study. The acquisition will expand the Boston Scientific Structural Heart portfolio to include […]

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Announces First Patients Treated in United States with OrbusNeich Teleport® Microcatheter

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 that the first patients in the United States were treated using the OrbusNeich® Teleport Microcatheter (Teleport), which recently received U.S. Food […]