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Johnson & Johnson Announces Extension of Abiomed Tender Offer to December 21, 2022

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), the world’s largest, most diversified healthcare products company, today announced that Athos Merger Sub, Inc. (“Offeror”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has extended the expiration date of its offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of […]

Valo Health – FDA Collaborative Study in Human Cardiac Tissues Demonstrates Potential to Predict Clinical Efficacy of Cardiac Contractility Modulation Devices to Treat Heart Failure

Findings Part of Five-Year Research Collaboration Between Valo and FDA Developed on Valo’s Biowire Platform BOSTON, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Valo Health, Inc (“Valo”) shared the initial results of a collaborative study with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), demonstrating the potential of Valo’s Biowire platform to predict clinical efficacy of Cardiac […]

Medtronic named as a leading sustainability company

Strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management and performance result in continued inclusion on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index DUBLIN, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT), a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced its continued inclusion in the Dow Jones® Sustainability World Index (DJSI) as one of the world’s leading […]

Major Clinical Study Using Semler’s QuantaFlo® for Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries, Demonstrates that National, In-Home Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is Feasible

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Semler Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMLR), a company that provides technology solutions to improve the clinical effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare providers, today announced that a study was published in the peer-reviewed AJPM Focus with data collected using the company’s QuantaFlo® PAD test under real-world conditions, illustrating the benefits […]

Maxwell Biomedical Completes Acquisition of Cardialen’s Assets

Acquisition expands the Maxwell Biomedical product and intellectual property portfolio. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Maxwell Biomedical announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Cardialen’s assets. Cardialen, a Minneapolis, MN based company developed MultiPulse™ Therapy (MPT™), a low-energy defibrillation and cardioversion therapy designed to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib) and ventricular tachycardia […]

Update: BioSig’s PURE EP™ System Demonstrates Potential Time and Cost Savings at the 15th APHRS Scientific Session in Singapore

Abstract highlights promising results from PURE EP™ study at premier Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society Conference Westport, CT, Dec. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — – BioSig Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSGM) (“BioSig” or the “Company”), an advanced digital signal processing technology company delivering unprecedented accuracy and precision to intracardiac signal visualization with its proprietary […]

Cytokinetics Announces Outcome of FDA Advisory Committee Vote On Omecamtiv Mecarbil

PDUFA Target Action Date is February 28, 2023 Cytokinetics to Host Conference Call and Webcast on December 14, 2022 at 8:30 am Eastern Time SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) today announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal […]

BIOTRONIK Enrolls First Patient Into BIO-CONDUCT, First IDE Trial to Study Use of Stylet-Driven Leads for Conduction System Pacing

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — BIOTRONIK, a global leader in the treatment of cardiac and vascular disease is pleased to announce the first patient enrollment in BIO-CONDUCT, an FDA approved investigational device exemption (IDE) trial examining the use of the BIOTRONIK Solia S pacing lead when implanted in the […]

Efemoral Medical Announces Series A1 Funding

New funding will support increasing enrollment in its ongoing first-in-human trial, EFEMORAL I LOS ALTOS, Calif., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Efemoral Medical, developer of advanced interventional bioresorbable therapies, today announced the closing of its $4.9M preferred Series A1 round. Supported by existing investors as well as an experienced cohort of new investors, the proceeds […]

Field Medical and CardioNXT Collaborate to Deliver Novel Integration of Focal Pulsed Field Ablation And 3D Mapping & Navigation For Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias

CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. and BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Field Medical, Inc. and CardioNXT, Inc. announce a strategic collaboration to provide the first-of-its-kind, purpose built, focal pulsed field ablation (PFA) therapy integrated seamlessly with 3D mapping & navigation. Both teams will harness decades of experience in pioneering novel PFA and navigation product […]