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InspireMD Appoints Leading Interventional Cardiologist Chris Metzger, M.D. as Principal Investigator for CGuard Registration Trial in the United States

TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — InspireMD, Inc. (NYSE American: NSPR), developer of the CGuard™ Embolic Prevention System (EPS) for the prevention of stroke caused by carotid artery disease, announced today the appointment of Chris Metzger, M.D., system chair of clinical research at Ballad Health System in […]

Aerami Therapeutics Signs License Agreement with Hangzhou Chance Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. for Aerami’s PAH (pulmonary arterial hypertension) Drug Device Combination in China

DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aerami Therapeutics, Inc. (“Aerami” or the “Company”) a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing inhaled therapies to treat severe respiratory and chronic diseases today announces the signing of an exclusive license and development agreement with Hangzhou Chance Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. (“Chance”) to develop […]

Orient EuroPharma Acquires Equity Stake in Quantum Genomics

PARIS and NEW YORK, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantum Genomics (Euronext Growth – FR0011648971 – ALQGC), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of a new class of drugs that directly targets the brain to treat difficult-to-treat/resistant hypertension and heart failure, today announced that Orient EuroPharma Co. Ltd (OEP) […]

Amarin Provides Update on VASCEPA® (Icosapent Ethyl) Regulatory Review Processes in Mainland China and Hong Kong

DUBLIN, Ireland and BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN) today announced that its corporate partner in China, Edding, has progressed VASCEPA® (icosapent ethyl) into commencement of the regulatory review processes in Mainland China and Hong Kong. In Mainland China, the Chinese National Medical Products Administration […]

Neovasc Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Rule

VANCOUVER and MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Neovasc, Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) announced today that it has received written notification from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that it has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) pursuant […]

InspireMD Announces Closing of an Upsized $20.7 Million Underwritten Public Offering and Full Exercise of Over-Allotment Option

TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — InspireMD, Inc. (“InspireMD”) (NYSE:NSPR), a medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary MicroNet stent platform technology for the treatment of vascular and coronary diseases in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia, today announced the closing […]

Geisinger researchers find AI can predict death risk

Algorithm using echocardiogram videos of the heart outperforms other predictors of mortality DANVILLE, Pa., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers at Geisinger have found that a computer algorithm developed using echocardiogram videos of the heart can predict mortality within a year. The algorithm—an example of what is known as machine learning, or artificial […]

Covanos Names Mark D. Carlson, MD as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

ATLANTA, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Covanos, Inc., a privately-held medical technology company that is developing C-HEART, a PC-based software product that uses proprietary advances in computational fluid dynamics to rapidly and non-invasively diagnose the severity of coronary artery blockages, today announced that it has named Mark D. Carlson, MD, MA to the position of […]

Philips completes the acquisition of BioTelemetry, Inc.

Combination of Philips and BioTelemetry results in a global leader in patient care management solutions for the hospital and the home Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of BioTelemetry, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAT), a leading U.S.-based provider of […]