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Medtronic Resolute(TM) Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) Platform Receives Expanded Indication for Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

DUBLIN – February 26, 2019 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Resolute Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) platform (including the Resolute Onyx(TM) and Resolute Integrity(TM) DES) for the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease who have de novo chronic total occlusion (CTO), a complex […]

Boston Scientific Completes $4.3 Billion Offering of Senior Notes and Issues Redemption Notice for its 2020 Notes

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) completed a public offering of $4.3 billion aggregate principal amount of its senior notes. The public offering consists of $850 million of 3.450% notes due 2024, $850 million of 3.750% notes due 2026, $850 million of 4.000% notes due 2029, $750 millionof 4.550% notes due 2039 and $1.0 billion of 4.700% notes due […]

TransEnterix, Inc. Reports Operating and Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TransEnterix, Inc. (NYSE American: TRXC), a medical device company that is digitizing the interface between the surgeon and the patient to improve minimally invasive surgery, today announced its operating and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2018. Recent Highlights Sold five Senhance Systems […]

Neovasc Announces Pricing of $5 Million Public Offering of Common Shares

VANCOUVER, Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NVCN / TSX: NVCN) announced today the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 11,111,111 common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”) at a price to the public of US$0.45 per Common Share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the […]

CathWorks Adds Vice President of Global Marketing to Leadership Team

KFAR-SABA, Israel & ALISO VIEJO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CathWorks announced that Ramin Mousavi has joined CathWorks as Vice President of Global Marketing & Strategy. Mr. Mousavi, an experienced cardiovascular marketer, will take responsibility for the CathWorks FFRangio™ System U.S. clinical and commercial launch and direct future expansion into other global markets. Mr. Mousavi […]

LivaNova Announces Availability of Safety and Technical Information for Valve-in-Valve Procedures on Perceval Platform

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN), a market-leading medical technology company, announced today that given the increasing viability of Valve-in-Valve (ViV) procedures, it has added new safety and technical information to the Perceval U.S. Instructions For Use (IFUs). This addition was made following completion of the Company’s application to the U.S. Food […]

Hemostemix Announces UC Davis Health Added as a Trial Site for Phase II Clinical Trial

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hemostemix Inc. (“Hemostemix” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: HEM; OTCQB:HMTXF) is pleased to announce that it has received all approvals from UC Davis Health (“UC Davis”) located in Sacramento, California to be the clinical trial site for the Company’s Phase II clinical trial […]

Prominent Cardiovascular Expert, James J. Ferguson, M.D., FACC, FAHA Joins Matinas BioPharma as Chief Medical Officer

BEDMINSTER, N.J., Feb. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. (NYSE AMER: MTNB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has appointed a prominent cardiovascular medical and clinical development expert, James (“Terry”) J. Ferguson, M.D., FACC, FAHA, as its Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Ferguson is a well-recognized, industry leading […]

Quantum Genomics Completes Enrollment in Its Pharmacokinetic Clinical Study of Firibastat

PARIS and NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantum Genomics (Euronext Growth – FR0011648971 – ALQGC), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of a new drug class that directly targets the brain to treat resistant hypertension and heart failure, today announced it has completed enrollment in its pharmacokinetic study […]