The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
LONDON and MONTREAL, Dec. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DalCor today announced the completion of patient enrollment in the dal-GenE study, the first Phase 3 precision medicine cardiovascular outcomes trial in coronary heart disease. The dal-GenE study is evaluating the efficacy of the CETP inhibitor dalcetrapib to reduce clinical cardiovascular […]
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq: HJLI, HJLIW), a company specializing in medical devices that restore cardiac and vascular health, announced today that it has received regulatory approval from INVIMA, the Colombian equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for its first-in-human […]
BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aortica Corporation today announced that FDA has approved a supplement to an ongoing Physician Sponsored IDE study at the University of Washington (UW) sponsored by Principal Investigator & Chief of Vascular Surgery Dr. Benjamin Starnes. The positive decision allows the use of Medtronic’s Valiant NAVION™ stent graft system […]
SEATTLE, Dec. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bardy Diagnostics, Inc., (“BardyDx”), a leading provider of ambulatory cardiac monitoring technologies and custom data solutions, announced today that it has been selected as a winner in the sixth annual Fierce Innovation Awards: Life Sciences Edition, an awards program from the leading industry publisher of FierceBiotech and FiercePharma aimed at identifying and showcasing outstanding innovations driving improvements […]
GALWAY, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WhiteSwell, a company pioneering new ways to treat acute decompensated heart failure, today announced the close of a $30 million series B funding round led by RA Capital Management and an InCube Ventures syndicate, with participation from other investors. Funds from the round will be used to support […]
BOSTON, Dec. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Cambridge Heartwear, a medical provider of low-cost, next-generation wearable heart monitors that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose heart rhythm and respiratory problems in real time is announcing the launch of their company and release of their Heartsense monitor in 2019. In the U.S., strokes are among […]
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Endologix, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELGX) (the “Company”), a developer and marketer of innovative treatments for aortic disorders, announced today the grant of inducement equity awards to three newly hired employees (together, the “Awardees”). The awards were approved by the Company’s Compensation Committee, which is comprised of independent Directors, on December 5, […]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avinger, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGR), a leading developer of innovative treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD), today announced that physicians in 59 sites globally have successfully treated more than 500 patients with the next-generation Pantheris image-guided atherectomy system for the treatment of […]
by Ken Dropiewski, Principal Consultant – McDermott &Bull Executive Search 5 Top Mergers and Acquisitions in MedTech/Biotech for 2018 Who and Why? I started researching top M&A activity this year and came across multiple deals that were interesting regardless of their size. Some were headscratchers, but others seemed to make tremendous […]
TOKYO, Japan and HORSHAM, U.K., 13 December, 2018 — Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. (“Otsuka Medical Devices”), a 100% subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd., and Veryan Medical Ltd. (“Veryan”) announce the completion of the acquisition of Veryan by Otsuka Medical Devices through its UK subsidiary Otsuka Medical Devices UK […]
