Other News

Solid Biosciences Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

CHARLESTOWN, Mass., Dec. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Solid Biosciences Inc. (Nasdaq: SLDB), a life sciences company focused on advancing meaningful therapies for patients with neuromuscular and cardiac diseases, today announced the grant of inducement awards to its newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, Alexander (Bo) Cumbo; Chief Administrative […]

Cleerly Hires Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH as Chief Scientific Officer

Cardiovascular clinical trial expert brings AI imaging experience to lead research efforts NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cleerly, the company creating a new standard of care for heart disease, announced it has appointed Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH, as chief scientific officer. In this role, Dr. Hoffmann will oversee Cleerly’s large-scale research efforts, including […]

Limflow Appoints Mike Mathias as Vice President, Commercial Operations

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LimFlow SA, a pioneer in the development of minimally-invasive technology for the treatment of chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), a severe form of peripheral artery disease (PAD), today announced the appointment of Mike Mathias as Vice President of Commercial Operations. Mr. Mathias has spent his 30-year career successfully leading sales organizations […]

BioCardia Announces FDA Approval of IND Application for Allogeneic NK1R+ Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Ischemic Heart Failure

Approval marks second clinical trial approved by FDA this year for Company’s NK1R+ MSC platform Allogeneic CardiALLO therapy for heart failure to complement autologous cell therapy currently enrolling in Phase III CardiAMP Heart Failure clinical trial SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioCardia, Inc. [Nasdaq: BCDA], a developer of cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment […]

Gossamer Bio Announces Seralutinib Meets Primary Endpoint in Phase 2 TORREY Study in PAH

– Primary Endpoint, Change in PVR at Week 24, Met with P-Value of 0.0310 – – Secondary Endpoint, Change in 6MWD, Numerically Favored Seralutinib – – Statistically Significant Improvements Observed in NT-proBNP and ECHO Measures of Cardiac Structure and Function – – Consistently Positive Results Seen Across Pre-Specified Sub-Groups, Including […]

First Patients in the World Treated with Impella RP Flex with SmartAssist

DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (Nasdaq: ABMD) announces the first three patients in the world have been treated with Impella RP Flex with SmartAssist, Abiomed’s newest heart pump for patients experiencing right heart failure. All three patients have now been successfully weaned off Impella support and two have already returned home with their […]

Medtronic completes enrollment in pivotal trial evaluating first-of-its-kind pulsed field ablation catheter for patients with atrial fibrillation

SPHERE Per-AF will determine the safety and effectiveness of the Sphere-9 cardiac ablation and mapping catheter with the Affera mapping and navigation system DUBLIN, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today announced the completion of enrollment and final treatment in the SPHERE Per-AF Trial, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]

Mindray Introduces New Wearable Patient Monitoring System, Refining Clinician’s Workflow to Track Patient Conditions

SHENZHEN, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mindray (SZSE: 300760), a global leader in providing advanced medical device solutions, today launches the mWear™ system, an all-new wearable patient monitoring solution that enables an efficient workflow to continually monitor patient conditions and deliver patient-centric care. With the increased shortages of beds and staff in today’s hospitals, […]

‘Heart failure is no longer Life failure’ as JB Pharma decreases price of critical Heart Failure medicine AZMARDA (Sacubitril-Valsartan®) by nearly 50%

8 to 12 million people suffer from Heart failure in the country and only a fraction can afford treatment Azmarda (Saccubutril-Valsartan®), 50 mg will now be available at INR 39.6 per tablet as compared to INR 78 per tablet Move to increase affordability and accessibility for Heart failure patients across […]

Imagen Technologies Announces FDA Clearance of Aorta-CAD

New AI device expands Diagnostics as a Service platform capabilities. NEW YORK , Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Imagen Technologies, Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 510(k) clearance of the computer-assisted detection (CADe) device Aorta-CAD. This new, FDA cleared device is designed to assist physicians at detecting findings on chest X-rays that […]