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Vesper Medical Announces $37 Million Financing with Vensana Capital and Gilde Healthcare to Complete Development of Its Duo Venous Stent System™

WAYNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vesper Medical, Inc., a developer of medical devices for minimally invasive peripheral vascular procedures, today announced a $37 million financing with Vensana Capital and Gilde Healthcare as lead investors. They were joined by existing investors New Enterprise Associates (“NEA”) and Quaker Partners. The first tranche of the financing […]

Novoheart to Acquire Xellera Therapeutics

Xellera Therapeutics Limited will accelerate the progression of Novoheart’s current business scope Significantly enhances Novoheart’s liquidity, gaining access to approximately C$22,500,000 cash VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Novoheart Holdings Inc. (“Novoheart” or the “Company”) (TSXV: NVH; FWB: 3NH) announced that effective on May 27, 2019, it has entered into […]

MyoKardia Presents Results from Phase 1a Clinical Trial of MYK-491 at the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Congress in Athens, Greece

First-in-Human Data for MYK-491 in Healthy Volunteers Demonstrated Well-Tolerated Increases in Cardiac Contractility Topline Results from Phase 2a Clinical Trial of MYK-491 in Patients with Stable Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Anticipated in Second Half 2019 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and ATHENS, Greece, May 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — […]

Sensible Medical Innovations Licenses ReDS™ Technology to Bayer

NETANYA, Israel, May 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Sensible Medical Innovations and Bayer successfully signed an agreement making Bayer, Sensible’s largest customer in Europe. Bayer will use Sensible ReDS™ technology as an exploratory device-derived biomarker to monitor lung congestion in a clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03901729). The ReDS System is a wearable vest which quantifies the amount of […]

CardioFocus Secures $55 Million In Financing

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., May 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CardioFocus, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to advancing ablation treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib), today announced the completion of a $55 million round of financing. The company’s current syndicate of institutional investors participated in the financing, and included senior debt financing from Kennedy Lewis Investment Management (“Kennedy Lewis“). […]

Reprieve Cardiovascular Announces Late-Breaking Acute Heart Failure Clinical Trial Data

MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Reprieve Cardiovascular™, a pioneering medical device company focused on improving outcomes for patients suffering from Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF), today announced the results of two non-randomized, prospective clinical trials in patients hospitalized with Acute Heart Failure (AHF). The two studies demonstrate that using Reprieve-Guided Diuretic Therapy, the […]

CathVision Expand Board of Directors

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CathVision ApS, a medical device company developing, manufacturing and selling cardiac amplifier and electrophysiology products, announced today the addition of two industry leaders to its Board of Directors. Søren Thestrup-Nielsen, MD, was elected Chairman of the Board, and Denis Gestin was elected Member of the Board. Soren Thestrup-Nielsen, […]

Proximo Medical Selected as Commercialization Partner for Walk Vascular

CASTLE PINES, Colo., May 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Proximo Medical today announced that it has been selected as the marketing and commercial partner for Walk Vascular, an innovative medical device company that has developed JETi, a novel Peripheral Thrombectomy Catheter. Proximo Medical is a fractional commercial organization for start-up medical device technologies that delivers market […]

Acasti Issues Shares in Settlement of Claims with Former Chief Executive Officer

LAVAL, Québec, May 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acasti Pharma Inc. (“Acasti or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ACST – TSX-V: ACST) announced that it has completed the previously disclosed issuance of 900,000 common shares from treasury to its former chief executive officer (the “Former CEO”) pursuant to the terms of a settlement agreement […]