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Dr. Anekwe E. Onwuanyi Installed as President of the Association of Black Cardiologists

WASHINGTON, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Anekwe E. Onwuanyi, MD, FACC, was installed as the 19th President of the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) during the Spring 2022 Membership Meeting. He is the first board-certified, advanced heart failure specialist to hold the position in ABC’s nearly 50-year history. Dr. Onwuanyi is Professor of Medicine […]

Ardelyx, Inc. Reports Employment Inducement Grants

WALTHAM, Mass., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Ardelyx, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDX), a biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover, develop and commercialize innovative first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs, today announced that on April 5, 2022, the compensation committee of the company’s board of directors granted five new non-executive employees options […]

Multi-Site Clinical Validation of Prospera Heart Test Demonstrates Outstanding Performance in Assessing Heart Transplant Rejection

DEDUCE study demonstrates AUC of 0.86 in overall cohort, including more than 700 prospective samples AUSTIN, Texas, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA testing, today announced that its clinical validation study1 on its donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) test for the assessment of acute rejection in heart transplant patients, […]

Esperion Announces Publication of Phase 3 Data for Bempedoic Acid in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Analysis of pooled Phase 3 data demonstrated 26.5% reduction vs. placebo in LDL-C from bempedoic acid monotherapy and 39.2% reduction vs. placebo in LDL-C from bempedoic acid and ezetimibe fixed-dose combination in patients not taking statins ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Esperion (NASDAQ: ESPR) today announced […]

Neovasc Inc. Reports Results of Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders

VANCOUVER, April 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) is pleased to announce the results of the votes on matters considered at its Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders held on April 12, 2022 in Vancouver, B.C. (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, the […]

Corindus Announces New Office Opening in Newton to Support Growth

77K square-foot facility to accommodate growth NEWTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corindus, A Siemens Healthineers Company and a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today the opening of its new headquarters at 275 Grove Street in Newton, Mass. Siemens Healthineers relocated the Corindus headquarters from its previous location in Waltham to accommodate […]

Akron Bio Expands Commercialization of Advanced Gene Therapy and Vaccine Production with New Manufacturing Facility

The state-of-the-art cGMP facility, located in Sarasota, will help further solidify Florida as a global leader in biosciences SARASOTA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Akron Bio, a leading developer and manufacturer of critical building blocks used by biopharma to produce advanced therapies for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancers, today launched […]

Dr. Ksenia Orlova Joins Top Doctors at Vascular Care Connecticut

Esteemed vascular surgeon brings 10+ years of experience to patients in lower Fairfield County DARIEN, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vascular Care Connecticut, a state-of-the art practice committed to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of vascular disease, is pleased to announce that Ksenia Orlova, MD, PhD, joined the Darien, Conn. center. Dr. Orlova brings […]

Sequana Medical announces 2021 Full Year Results and 2022 Outlook

alfapump® in liver disease Positive results from second interim analysis of POSEIDON pivotal study; encouraging survival data at 12 months vs. published literature Patient enrolment and implants completed; primary endpoint on track for Q4 2022 FDA regulatory submission planned for mid-2023 DSR® in heart failure RED DESERT study demonstrated safety, cardio-renal benefit and long-term improvement in diuretic response SAHARA DESERT study interim data shows ability […]