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Endologix Announces Equity Financing of $52 Million and Debt Restructuring Addressing 2020 Maturities and Financial Covenants

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Endologix, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELGX) (the “Company”), a developer and marketer of innovative treatments for aortic disorders, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to raise approximately $52 million gross cash proceeds through the issuance of approximately 7.9 million new shares of the Company’s common stock […]

LivaNova Announces Settlement Agreement to Resolve Certain Litigation in the U.S. Related to the 3T Heater-Cooler Device

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN), a market-leading medical technology company, today announced an agreement to settle approximately 75 percent of the previously disclosed litigation in the U.S. related to the Company’s 3T Heater-Cooler device. Under the terms of the agreement and subject to certain conditions, including acceptance of the settlement by […]

Endonovo Therapeutics Announces Partnership with Second Hospital

LOS ANGELES, CA , March 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Endonovo Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: ENDV) (“Endonovo” or the “Company”), today announced an agreement with a nationally recognized hospital group to enhance the quality of the healthcare/patient experience through the use of its electroceutical therapeutic device, SofPulse®. Endonovo has been approved to […]

Amarin Submits Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to U.S. FDA Seeking New Indication for Vascepa® (icosapent ethyl) to Reduce the Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Based on Landmark REDUCE-IT™ Cardiovascular Outcomes Study

BEDMINSTER, N.J., and DUBLIN, Ireland, March 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN), a pharmaceutical company focused on improving cardiovascular health, today announced that, as planned, it submitted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking an expanded indication for its […]

First US Patient Treated with Cook Medical’s Recently Approved Zenith® Dissection Endovascular System

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Following the recent FDA approval of Cook Medical’s Zenith Dissection Endovascular System, Cooper University Health Care in Camden, New Jersey, has treated the first patient in the US with the device as part of Cook’s US commercial launch. “We are committed to helping patients by developing a variety […]

Corindus Vascular Robotics Files Required Registration Statement for Holders of Recently Completed $19.8 Million Private Placement

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. (“Corindus” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that it filed a registration statement on behalf of investors that participated in its recently completed private placement. As previously disclosed, earlier this quarter, Corindus sold shares of its […]

Fifth Season Financial Offers Solutions for Advanced Heart Disease Patients Facing Financial Hardship

STAMFORD, Conn., March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has revealed that nearly half of non-elderly adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD) report financial hardship due to illness-related costs – and roughly one in five is unable to pay their medical bills. Specialty lender Fifth […]

CMS Makes Progress but Continues to Limit Life-Saving Access for Heart Valve Disease Patients

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Alliance for Aging Research, Association of Black Cardiologists, Heart Valve Voice US, and Mended Hearts issued a joint statement today in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed decision to cover Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for the treatment of symptomatic aortic valve stenosis through […]