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DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Three years ago this week, Abiomed’s (NASDAQ: ABMD) Impella heart pumpreceived its FDA PMA approval for AMI cardiogenic shock. At the time of Impella’s FDA PMA approval, the cardiogenic shock survival rate to explant in the Impella Quality Assurance (IQ) Database was 51% in the United States1. Today, Impella heart pumps, combined […]
Email Print Friendly Share April 04, 2019 06:00 ET | Source: InspireMD, Inc. TEL AVIV, Israel, April 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — InspireMD, Inc. (NYSE American: NSPR), developer of the CGuard™ Embolic Prevention System (EPS) for the prevention of stroke caused by the treatment of carotid artery disease, today announced the pricing of its previously […]
Orlando, Fla., April 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Patients with a newer version of a common heart pump experienced a reduced aggregate burden of bleeding and stroke rates – and no pump thrombosis requiring surgical exchange, compared to patients with the predecessor device. The MOMENTUM3 study was a randomized controlled […]
MONTREAL and CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Milestone Pharmaceuticals, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing acute therapies for the treatment of episodic cardiovascular indications, today announced the appointment of Michael Tomsicek to its Board of Directors. Mr. Tomsicek is currently the Chief Financial Officer of CRISPR Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing gene-based medicines. In addition […]
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TherOx, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on improving treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted premarket approval for its SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy. SSO2 Therapy provides interventional cardiologists with the first and only FDA-approved treatment beyond percutaneous […]
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Silk Road Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:SILK) (“Silk Road Medical”) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 6,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $20.00 per share. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by Silk […]
CAMPBELL, Calif., April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Tioga Medical, a newly formed Shifamed portfolio company, announced today the closing of its Series A preferred stock financing, raising a total of $15M. Tioga Medical was founded to provide physicians and patients with an elegant transcatheter valve replacement experience that is procedurally simpler and less invasive […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shockwave Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWAV), a pioneer in the development and commercialization of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat complex calcified cardiovascular disease, has completed enrollment of its DISRUPT CAD II study, a regulatory-required European post-market registry of coronary IVL. IVL is […]
Orlando, Florida, April 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation is releasing its themed issue on Mechanical Circulatory Support to coincide with the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation being held April 3 – 6 in Orlando, Florida. This special issue highlights […]
Orlando, Florida, April 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A common heart pump has traditionally been seen as only a short-term option for heart-failure patients but new research shows it may provide a similar quality of support as a permanent treatment in patients ineligible for transplantation. The study, part of the […]
