The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Affera, Inc., a private medical device company focused on innovative cardiac arrhythmia treatment solutions, announced today that its focal Pulsed Field (“PF”) ablation technology, also known as Irreversible Electroporation (“IRE”), has been successfully used to treat 40 patients suffering from Atrial Fibrillation (“AFIB”). This multi-center […]
PARIS and NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantum Genomics (Euronext Growth – FR0011648971 – ALQGC, OTCQX – QNNTF), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in developing a new drug class that directly targets the brain to treat resistant hypertension and heart failure, today announced the initiation of its pivotal Phase III FRESH study […]
CryoLife Will Supply NeoPatch, a Chorioamniotic Membrane Tissue, to Misonix ATLANTA, Dec. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CryoLife, Inc. (“CryoLife”;NYSE: CRY), a leading cardiac and vascular surgery company focused on aortic disease, announced today that it has entered into an agreement whereby Misonix (NASDAQ: MSON) will have exclusive US commercialization rights for CryoLife’s NeoPatch product to […]
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Silk Road Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: SILK), a company focused on reducing the risk of stroke and its devastating impact, today announced that positive results from the ongoing TransCarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) Surveillance Project comparing TCAR and transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TF-CAS) have been published in The Journal […]
Developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, the algorithm would help healthcare providers detect heart failure during a standard physical exam San Francisco, CA, Dec. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eko, a digital health company applying artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against heart disease, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
BAUDETTE, Minn., Dec. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“ANI”) (Nasdaq: ANIP) today announced the launch of Bretylium Tosylate Injection USP, 50 mg/mL. Bretylium Tosylate is a class III antiarrhythmic medication approved for the treatment of ventricular fibrillation and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia. ANI estimates that the current annual U.S. […]
WINNIPEG, Dec. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Medicure Inc. (“Medicure” or the “Company”) (TSXV:MPH, OTC:MCUJF), a cardiovascular pharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce the completion of the Shortened AGGRASTAT® (tirofiban hydrochloride) injection versus Integrilin® (eptifibatide) in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (SAVI-PCI) Clinical Trial. SAVI-PCI was a randomized, multicenter, open-label study enrolling 535 patients at 13 sites […]
Latest funding caps year of groundbreaking milestones for transformative vascular access company; new capital will be used to meet rapidly growing hospital and patient demand San Francisco, Calif. – December 17, 2019 – Vascular access technology pioneer Velano Vascular today announced that it has closed the second tranche of a $25 million growth financing […]
written by Ken Dropiewski, McDermott & Bull Executive Search Who and Why? Looking back at M&A activity this year, I took notice of a few that stood out, irrespective of their size. One could argue that they saw some of these coming, and others were surprising – regardless it makes […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRTC) today announced its participation in a new, randomized, controlled study, GUARD-AF (ReducinG stroke by screening for UndiAgnosed atRial fibrillation in elderly inDividuals), sponsored by the Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance (the Alliance). The study seeks to determine if earlier detection of atrial […]
