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Merit Medical Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock and Exercise in Full of Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, July 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MMSI) (“Merit”), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy, today announced that it closed its previously announced underwritten public […]

Vasomune Therapeutics and AnGes, Inc. enter into a Multi-Million Dollar Global Co-Development Agreement to Advance an Innovative Platform Targeting Vascular Leakage

Tokyo, Japan and Toronto, Ontario, July 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vasomune Therapeutics (“Vasomune”), a Toronto-based spin-out from Sunnybrook Research Institute and MaRS Innovation, and AnGes, Inc. (Tokyo, TYO:4563), a Japan-based biotechnology company focused on developing biotherapeutics, announce the signing of an innovative global Co-Development Agreement for the development and commercialization of […]

Integer Receives FDA Approval for Thin Wall Radial Introducer Kit, RadialSeal™

PLYMOUTH, Minn., July 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Integer Holdings Corporation (“Integer”) (NYSE:ITGR), a leading medical device outsource manufacturer, announced today that it has received FDA and CE Mark approval for their new radial access introducer, RadialSeal™. The RadialSeal Introducer Kit is founded on Integer’s core technology platforms in guidewires and […]

Medtronic Receives FDA Approval for Implantable System for Remodulin® to Treat Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

DUBLIN – July 31, 2018 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Implantable System for Remodulin® (ISR) to treat patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Through a first-of-its-kind collaboration, the Medtronic SynchroMed(TM) II drug delivery system and cardiac catheter technologies were leveraged to […]

Semler Reports Second Quarter and First Half 2018 Financial Results

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Semler Scientific, Inc. (OTCQB: SMLR), an emerging growth company that provides technology solutions to improve the clinical effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare providers, today reported financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018. “We believe that the achievement of healthier clinical outcomes […]

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. and Aerolase Corp. Sign Collaborative Agreement for Laser Atherectomy Technology

ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI®) (NASDAQ: CSII), a medical device company developing and commercializing innovative interventional treatment systems for patients with peripheral and coronary artery disease, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Aerolase Corp. (Aerolase®) to co-develop a new laser atherectomy device for physicians to […]

FH Foundation Announces Consensus Statement on Genetic Testing for Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)

PASADENA, Calif., July 30, 2018 – The FH Foundation announced that an important consensus statement on diagnosing familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a common life-threatening genetic condition, was published online today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Authored by an international panel of 30 cardiovascular, lipid, genetics and advocacy experts and led by the FH […]