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PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals Achieves Enrollment Milestones Supporting Interim Analysis of REVERSE-IT Global Phase 3 Trial, Enabling Preparation of a BLA submission for Bentracimab for Reversal of Antiplatelet Effects of Ticagrelor

First 143 patients enrolled in the pivotal Phase 3 trial, with top-line results from interim analysis expected later this year Enrollment of patients in the REVERSE-IT trial requiring urgent surgery or invasive procedure now complete, with trial focus shifting to enrollment of patients with uncontrolled major or life-threatening bleeding Phase […]

PhaseBio Reports Second-Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Recent Business Highlights

Entered exclusive licensing agreement with Alfasigma S.p.A with up to $245 million in milestone payments and tiered royalty payments for development and commercialization of bentracimab in European and other key markets Achieved interim enrollment milestone with first 143 bentracimab patients enrolled in the REVERSE-IT pivotal Phase 3 trial, with top-line […]

DiaMedica Therapeutics Provides a Business Update and Announces Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

Phase 2/3 ReMEDy2 Trial in AIS for Stroke Outcomes and Stroke Recurrence on Track for Initiation Summer 2021 Positive REDUX Phase 2 Interim Data Announced for CKD: IgA Nephropathy Data Indicate Statistically & Clinically Significant 33% Reduction in Albuminuria (UACR). Board of Directors Strengthened with Election of Two Pharma Industry […]

Christopher DelOrefice to Join BD as Chief Financial Officer

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Aug. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that Christopher DelOrefice has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective Sept. 6, 2021. DelOrefice succeeds Christopher Reidy, 64, who announced his intent to retire from BD last week. DelOrefice, 50, […]

Fluid Biotech Inc. Raises $4.7M USD in Oversubscribed Seed Funding Round

U.S. venture capital firms, METIS Innovative and ShangBay Capital, co-lead funding round and join board to accelerate company growth and development of unique bioabsorbable stent to cure brain aneurysms CALGARY, AB, Aug. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Fluid Biotech Inc., a medical device start-up company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, today announced the completion of […]

AcQMap 8, Acutus Medical’s Innovative Suite of Software Upgrades, Receives FDA Clearance and CE Mark

Enhanced Software Automatically Identifies Regions of Interest During the Treatment of Complex Atrial Arrhythmias CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acutus Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFIB) (“Acutus”), an arrhythmia management company focused on improving the way cardiac arrhythmias are diagnosed and treated, today announced its innovative suite of software upgrades, known […]

JACEP Open Publication Highlights Potential of Lucia AFib App to Improve Guideline Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in the ER

Lucia AFib App outperforms standard of care in retrospective study SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Lucia Health Guidelines, a company applying machine learning at the point of care in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AFib), today announced the publication of its AIM-HIGHER proof-of-concept study in the Journal of the American College of Emergency […]

Neovasc Announces Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

VANCOUVER and MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Neovasc, Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN), today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021. Second Quarter Highlights Generated revenue of approximately $633,000 in the quarter, up 123% from the same period in 2020, and a sequential […]

scPharmaceuticals Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

Received minutes from Type C meeting with the FDA confirming alignment on path toward resubmission of FUROSCIX® NDA; no additional clinical data or device modifications required at this time; on track for resubmission in Q4 Announced positive top-line results from the FREEDOM-HF study demonstrating that average 30-day heart failure-related costs were […]