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Cardurion Pharmaceuticals Appoints Rebecca Frey as Chief Operating Officer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardurion Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel, next-generation therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, today announced that it has expanded its leadership team with the addition of chief operating officer, Rebecca V. Frey, Pharm.D. “The expansion of our leadership team will not only […]

Amarin to Report Second Quarter 2018 Results and Host Conference Call on August 1, 2018

BEDMINSTER, N.J. and DUBLIN, Ireland, July 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health, today announced that it will host a conference call with members of Amarin senior management to discuss the company’s second quarter 2018 […]

Acasti Pharma Awarded Composition-of-Matter Patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

LAVAL, Québec, July 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acasti Pharma Inc. (“Acasti” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:ACST) (TSX-V:ACST), a biopharmaceutical innovator focused on the research, development and commercialization of its prescription drug candidate CaPre® (omega-3 phospholipid) for the treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia, today announced it has received a Notice of Allowance […]

BioSig Technologies Ranked Top 50 for The Silicon Review’s Innovative Companies to Watch in 2018

Santa Monica, CA, July 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioSig Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: BSGM), a medical technology company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing platform designed to address an unmet technology need for the $4.6 billion electrophysiology (EP) marketplace, was featured in The Silicon Review’s list of Top 50 Innovative […]

HeartStitch® Presents Initial Clinical Results Of New Tricuspid Valve Repair At CSI Frankfurt Clinical Congresses

FRANKFURT, Germany, July 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — HeartStitch® has presented initial clinical data of its revolutionary tricuspid valve repair technique using only surgical sutures and pledgets to repair and promote remodeling of the tricuspid valve in 30 patients suffering from tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Prof. Anthony Nobles, Chairman, CEO and Chief Clinical Officer of HeartStitch®, Inc. […]

Nation’s Top Heart Disease Patient Advocates Create Task Force Aimed at Improving Access, Research, and Awareness on Heart Valve Disease Detection and Treatment

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The nation’s leading heart disease patient advocates announced today the launch of the Heart Valve Disease Policy Task Force, a coalition of non-profit organizations uniting for a common voice in support of improved access, research, and awareness on heart valve disease detection and treatment. The Heart Valve Disease […]

Hancock Jaffe Laboratories Receives Ethics Committee Approval for First-in-Human VenoValve Study

IRVINE, Calif., July 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq:HJLI) (Nasdaq:HJLIW), a company specializing in bioprosthetic medical devices to establish improved standards of care for treating cardiac and vascular diseases, today announced that it has received approval from the Ethics Committee at Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá […]

First Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated With EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device Since Commercial Availability In U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — CERENOVUS, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, announced the first patients have been treated with its new EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device since it became commercially available in the U.S. EMBOTRAP II is a next generation stent retriever used to capture and remove life-threatening blood clots […]