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VisCardia Announces First Implant of the VisONE® System for Treating Heart Failure

PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–VisCardia Inc., a privately held medical device developer, announced today the first implant of the VisONE® implantable system for heart failure, and the commencement of its VisONE Heart Failure pilot study in Ukraine. The VisONE implantable system delivers VisCardia’s proprietary Asymptomatic Diaphragmatic Stimulation (ADS) therapy to improve cardiac […]

BioAxone BioSciences CEO Lisa McKerracher Speaker at NeuroTrauma2018 Conference

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioAxone BioSciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing innovative drugs to treat neurotrauma and neurovascular disorders today announced that CEO Lisa McKerracher, PhD, will be a platform speaker on the Scientific Program, “Update on Clinical Trials in SCI” at NeuroTrauma2018, The 3rd Joint Symposium of the International and National […]

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Earns $10 Million Milestone Payment from Amgen

PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced that it has earned a $10 million milestone payment from Amgen following the administration of the first dose of AMG 890, formerly referred to as ARO-LPA, in a clinical study. Amgen is evaluating AMG 890 in a Phase 1 clinical study […]

Amarin Reports Second Quarter 2018 Financial Results and Provides Update on Operations

BEDMINSTER, N.J., and DUBLIN, Ireland, Aug. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, and provided an update on company operations. Key […]

John Radcliffe Oxford University Hospital is the First Medical Center in the UK to Use VEST Technology in Patients Undergoing Coronary Bypass Surgery

TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Vascular Graft Solutions announces today that John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, is the first center in the UK to use its VEST technology to externally support vein grafts in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. “After several decades in which little progress had been made in coronary […]

Infraredx Announces Launch of Makoto™ Intravascular Imaging System and Dualpro™ IVUS+NIRS Catheter in Japan

BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Infraredx, Inc., a pioneer in intravascular imaging for mapping coronary artery disease, today announced the Makoto™ Intravascular Imaging System, and accompanying Dualpro™ intravascular ultrasound and near-infrared spectroscopy (IVUS+NIRS) catheter, is now available in Japan. The launch follows a successful Spring 2018 limited market release, which included more than […]

Cerenis Announces Today the Appointment of Barbara Yanni to Its Board of Directors as an Independent Director

TOULOUSE, France & LAKELAND, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Cerenis Therapeutics (FR0012616852 – CEREN – PEA PME eligible), an international biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of HDL-based innovative therapies for treating cardiovascular, metabolic diseases, and new HDL-based vectors for the targeted drug delivery in the oncology field announces today the […]

GE Healthcare and Lantheus Announce Start of a Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Flurpiridaz, an Investigational Agent Being Evaluated for the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease

BOSTON & NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GE Healthcare and Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNTH), parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. (collectively “Lantheus”), have started a second Phase 3 clinical trial of Flurpiridaz 18F (called the AURORA study), an investigational agent being evaluated for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD), the […]