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numares and Bruker Sign Agreement to Enable Advanced Metabolomics-based Clinical Diagnostics

BOSTON, United States & REGENSBURG, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leading metabolomics based diagnostics company numares AG and analytical instrumentation and solution provider Bruker Corporation have signed an agreement to collaborate to bring new diagnostics tests utilizing NMR to the laboratory market for unmet medical needs. The tests are based on the automated measurement of metabolites using a […]

Haemonetics To Acquire Cardiva Medical, Inc. To Expand Hospital Portfolio

– Enhances penetration into the large and growing interventional cardiology and electrophysiology markets – Offers products with demonstrated and differentiated clinical benefits – Expected to be accretive to revenue growth, gross margins and adjusted gross margins while providing attractive financial returns – Purchase price of up to $510 million cash […]

Abbott Receives Expanded Medicare Reimbursement for First-Of-Its-Kind MitraClip™ Device

– New national reimbursement enables access to transcatheter mitral valve repair procedures with MitraClip for people with secondary mitral regurgitation, significantly expanding the eligible patient population ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised its National Coverage Determination (NCD) […]

Genesis Medtech Collaborates with Penumbra to Expand Neurovascular Market in China

– Partnership to be in tandem with formation of Genesis Medtech’s Neurovascular Franchise, pending an ongoing full acquisition of Hua Medtech – The collaboration will position Genesis MedTech (“Genesis”) as the largest local company in China’s neurovascular space SINGAPORE, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Genesis MedTech Group has reached a consensus to […]

Merck Announces U.S. FDA Approval of VERQUVO® (vericiguat)

VERQUVO Approved for Reduction of Risk of Cardiovascular Death and Heart Failure (HF) Hospitalization Following a Hospitalization for HF or Need for Outpatient Intravenous (IV) Diuretics in Adults with Symptomatic Chronic Heart Failure and Ejection Fraction Less than 45% VERQUVO is the First Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator, Approved to Treat […]

JACC Study: PEN Indigo Aspiration System Meets Safety/Efficacy Endpoints

A study published online first in the JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions found that Penumbra, Inc.’s Indigo Aspiration System met its predefined safety and efficacy endpoints for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) in the EXTRACT-PE study. Specific results include a significant mean reduction in right ventricular (RV)/left ventricular (LV) ratio of […]

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Receives CE Mark for Diamondback 360® Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System

One solution to both reduce surface calcium and fracture deep calcium ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI®) (NASDAQ: CSII), a medical device company developing and commercializing innovative interventional treatment systems for patients with peripheral and coronary artery disease, announced today that it has received CE Mark for its Diamondback […]

Verve Therapeutics Secures $94 Million in Series B Financing to Advance Pipeline of Gene Editing Medicines for Cardiovascular Disease

Proceeds Support Advancement of VERVE-101 toward Clinical Initiation in 2022 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Verve Therapeutics, a biotech company pioneering gene editing medicines to treat cardiovascular disease, today announced the successful completion of a $94 million Series B financing, led by Wellington Management Company and co-led by Casdin Capital, existing investors. New […]

Cardialen Awarded $2.8 Million Federal Grant to Advance Therapy Designed to Treat Dangerous Heart Rhythms

National Institutes of Health grant will support Cardialen’s development of its implantable, low-energy therapy designed to treat atrial fibrillation, a cardiac arrhythmia associated with debilitating shortness of breath, fatigue, pain, and an increased risk of stroke. MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardialen, Inc., has been awarded a $2.8 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) […]