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First-ever: FDA Clears Biobeat’s Wearable Watch and Patch for Non-invasive Cuffless Monitoring of Blood Pressure

TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Biobeat, a bio-medical technology company developing advanced sensing and remote monitoring solutions for patients, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a 510K clearance for its patch and watch for measurement of blood pressure, oxygenation and heart rate in hospitals, clinics, long-term […]

Neovasc Receives Nasdaq Notification Regarding Minimum Market Value Deficiency

VANCOUVER, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:NVCN)(TSX:NVCN), announced today that it has received written notification (the “Notification Letter”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that it is not in compliance with the minimum market value requirement set forth in Nasdaq Rules for continued listing on […]

Medicure Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Action

WINNIPEG, Aug. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Medicure Inc. (“Medicure” or the “Company”) (TSXV:MPH, OTC:MCUJF), a cardiovascular pharmaceutical company, today announces that its subsidiary, Medicure International Inc., has settled its ongoing patent infringement action against Gland Pharma Ltd. (“Gland”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, which alleged infringement of […]

Miracor Medical Granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for the PiCSO Impulse System

AWANS, Belgium–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Miracor Medical SA (Miracor Medical) has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its PiCSO® Impulse System for treatment of STEMI patients. The FDA Breakthrough Device designation is intended to speed time to market for treatments of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases […]

BioCardia Reports 2019 Second Quarter Financial Results and Business Highlights

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCardia®, Inc. [Nasdaq: BCDA], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today reported financial results and business highlights for the second quarter 2019 and filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three and six months ended […]

MyoKardia Begins Dosing in Phase 1 Clinical Study of MYK-224 for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYOK) today announced that it has dosed the first subjects in a Phase 1 clinical study of MYK-224, a small molecule candidate being developed for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). HCM is a progressive disease in which […]

Terason Partners With DiA Imaging Analysis to Bring Superior AI Cardiac Solutions to Point-of-care Ultrasound

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts and BE’ER SHEVA, Israel, Aug. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Terason, a leading global ultrasound imaging company based in Burlington, Mass., has partnered with DiA Imaging Analysis, a leading provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solutions for ultrasound analysis, to provide its cardiac solutions on Terason’s point-of-care ultrasound devices. The partnership fills a market need for […]