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Ionis initiates pivotal Phase 3 clinical study of olezarsen in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia

– More than 3 million people in the US have severe hypertriglyceridemia – The CORE Phase 3 clinical study further expands Ionis’ late-stage pipeline and is the second Phase 3 clinical study in Ionis’ broad olezarsen development program – Olezarsen is one of Ionis’ wholly owned medicines the company plans […]

VUNO Med®-DeepECG™ Designated as Breakthrough Device

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) developer, VUNO inc. announced that the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KFDA) has designated the company’s artificial intelligence-based electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis software VUNO Med®-DeepECG™ as the ministry’s 16th Breakthrough Device. Using deep learning, the software analyzes ECG data […]

Argon Medical Launches Novel Innovations for Portal Vein Access Procedures

FRISCO, Texas, Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Argon Medical Devices, Inc., a global manufacturer of specialty devices for Interventional Radiology, Vascular Surgery, and Interventional Cardiology, formally announced the launch of two unique portal vein access sets intended for transjugular liver access in diagnostic and interventional procedures. The SCORPION® Portal Vein Access Series addresses […]

TCT 2021: Philips announces new innovations and clinical data supporting the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease

November 2, 2021 Philips debuts three new solutions in the North American market that will help drive procedural innovation and workflow efficiency, adding to the company’s ecosystem of interventional imaging systems, and diagnostic and therapeutic devices New clinical data presented at TCT 2021: five-year outcomes of iFR-SWEDEHEART trial and new large-scale […]

Esperion Reports Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Provides Company Update

– Recently Announced Transformative Plan to Align Operational and Expense Structure to the Current Environment and Position for Long-Term Growth – – Unprecedented CLEAR Outcomes Study Remains On-Track for Complete Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE) Accumulation in 2H 2022; Achieved 80% MACE Accumulation in October – – U.S. Net Product Revenue […]

SpectraWAVE Expands Company Leadership, Appointing Two New Vice Presidents to Executive Team

Vivek Walimbe, Ph.D., former VP for Baxter Healthcare, to lead development of intracoronary imaging product and expand portfolio Farzad Parsaie, with three decades of med device leadership, to oversee Quality and Regulatory Affairs BEDFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SpectraWAVE, Inc., a pre-commercial medical imaging company focused on optical and computational insights for the […]

Rivus Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results from Phase 1 Trial of Lead Candidate HU6, Demonstrating Safety, Efficacy in Key Targets for Multiple Cardio-Metabolic Diseases

HU6 was well tolerated and increased resting energy expenditure Dose dependent weight loss and an improvement in metabolic parameters were also observed, despite the study not being powered to demonstrate them Enrollment for a Phase 2a Metabolic Trial of HU6 has completed with topline data expected in Q1 2022 HU6 […]

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Names New Chief of Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant

David Seth Feldman, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, named new Section Chief of Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplantation NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has named David Seth Feldman, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, the new Section Chief of Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplantation. […]