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Alucent Biomedical Announces $35 Million Series B Financing Led by a Multinational Strategic Investor

Funding Will Support Clinical Trials to Evaluate the Company’s Novel Treatment for Peripheral Artery Disease SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alucent Biomedical, a privately held medical technology company founded to transform the way vascular disease is treated, today announced the close of a $35 million Series B financing round led by a […]

RapidAI Among the First Stroke Imaging Companies with Software Approved for Medicare New Technology Add-on Payment

Stroke Imaging Makes Significant Stride in Reimbursement. Helps U.S. Hospitals More Easily Adopt the Latest Advancements in Stroke Care SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RapidAI, the worldwide leader in advanced imaging for stroke, today announced Rapid LVO is among the first software products to qualify for the New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP). […]

AngelMed Announces First Implant of Next-Generation AngelMed Guardian® in the U.S.

The World’s First Implantable Monitor for Early Warning of ACS, Including Heart Attacks EATONTOWN, N.J., Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — AngelMed is pleased to announce that on Tuesday, September 29th, a former ALERTS Study patient in the United States received the first implant of the next-generation AngelMed Guardian® System as part of the ALERTS-Continued Access Study. […]

SentiAR Announces FDA 510K Clearance of CommandEP™ System, the First Holographic Cardiac Ablation Guidance System

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — SentiAR, a pioneer in visualization technologies for surgical applications announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its groundbreaking CommandEP™ system, the first holographic guidance system to be used during an invasive cardiac procedure. The CommandEP system allows electrophysiologists to visualize 3D electroanatomic models in […]

Medtronic to Acquire Avenu Medical

Avenu’s Percutaneous Fistula Creation Technology Will Strengthen the Medtronic Peripheral Vascular Access Portfolio and Reinforce Medtronic’s Commitment to Improving Outcomes for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease DUBLIN, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced the planned acquisition of Avenu Medical, a privately held medical […]

Janssen Submits New Drug Application (NDA) to U.S. FDA for UPTRAVI® (selexipag) Injection for Intravenous Use to Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for UPTRAVI® (selexipag) as an injection for intravenous (IV) use for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, WHO Group I) in adults […]

Univest Securities, LLC. Announces Closing of Somulation, Inc. Acquisition and $7 Million Private Placement for its Client Marizyme, Inc. (OTC: MRZM)

New York, Sept. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Univest Securities, LLC, a member of FINRA and SIPC, is a full-service investment bank and securities broker-dealer firm based in New York, today announced the closing for the acquisition of Somulation, Inc. by its client Marizyme, Inc. (OTC:MRZM) (“Marizyme” or the “Company”), […]

Siemens Healthineers and WakeMed Announce Innovative Relationship to Advance Care and Improve Outcomes

Value Partnership builds on the long-standing relationship between Siemens Healthineers and WakeMed Health & Hospitals Agreement aligns with WakeMed’s continued efforts to accelerate innovation and its mission to improve the health and well-being of the community across advanced imaging technology and robotics Together, Siemens Healthineers and WakeMed aim to transform […]

PhysIQ and Purdue University launch study to develop algorithms for detecting earliest signs of COVID-19 from biometric smartwatch data

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Certain changes in a person’s heart and breathing rates could precede symptoms of COVID-19, an increasing number of studies suggests. Purdue University researchers have begun a study that would help determine if continuously collected biometric smartwatch data could be used to reliably and accurately detect these signs early, which […]