Company is Planning Regulatory Interactions in 2021 to Discuss Results of GALACTIC-HF and Expects to Evaluate Strategic Options for Co-Commercialization and Licensing SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) announced that Amgen Inc. (“Amgen”) notified the company that Les Laboratoires Servier and Institut […]
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MicroVention, Inc. Files Trade Secret Lawsuit Against Balt USA, LLC
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — MicroVention, Inc., a U.S. based subsidiary of Terumo and leading global neurovascular company, announced today the filing of a second lawsuit against Balt USA, LLC and four former employees for trade secret misappropriation. This lawsuit follows an earlier patent lawsuit filed against Balt USA in July 2019 that is ongoing. […]
Rapid Medical Receives FDA Clearance for the World’s First Steerable Neurovascular Guidewire
DRIVEWIRE™ provides efficient access in difficult neuro and peripheral vascular procedures YOKNEAM, Israel & MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rapid Medical, a company focused on the development of the first class of responsive, adjustable neurovascular devices, announces the FDA clearance of DRIVEWIRE, a novel guidewire with a steerable distal tip that handles complex anatomical […]
First Patients, Including a COVID-19 Patient, Treated with Abiomed’s Innovative ECMO Technology
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the first two patients in the world have been treated with the Abiomed Breethe OXY-1 System, a compact cardiopulmonary bypass system. The advanced ECMO technology pumps, oxygenates, and removes carbon dioxide from blood for patients whose lungs can no longer provide sufficient end organ oxygenation. The […]
The Children’s Heart Foundation funds new congenital heart defect research
Since 1996, the Foundation has funded nearly $14 million in research on congenital heart defects–America’s most common birth defect. NORTHBROOK, Ill., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Children’s Heart Foundation, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to funding congenital heart defect (CHD) research, will fund over $735,000 in CHD research and scientific collaborations this year across […]
TricValve® Transcatheter Bicaval Valves System granted Designation as Breakthrough Device by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
TricValve® made in Europe VIENNA, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — P+F Products + Features GmbH has been granted designation as a Breakthrough Device for the company’s lead product, the TricValve® Transcatheter Bicval Valves System by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration on December 15th 2020. The TricValve® is a system of two self-expanding biological valves for […]
Atriomx Health Announces $10 Million Series A Financing
MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Atriomx Health, a Menlo Park, California-based developer of novel, non-invasive solutions for the detection and characterization of the underlying disease mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias, announced today that it has secured a $10 million Series A financing. Ajax Health and Zeus Health will co-lead the Series […]
4C Medical Technologies Announces Completion of a $10 Million Over-Subscribed Convertible Note Financing
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. (4C Medical), a privately-held medical technology company focused on the development of minimally invasive technologies for structural heart disease, today announced it has completed an over-subscribed convertible note financing in which it has raised $10 million in gross proceeds. The financing was led by a China-based […]
GBT is Developing an AI Based Graphics Analytics System
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GBT Technologies Inc. (OTC PINK: GTCH) (“GBT”, or the “Company”), is developing an AI based graphic analytics system, targeted for medical imaging. As part of the company’s plan to move forward towards the medical analytics field, we started research and development activities to […]
Peijia Medical and HighLife Enter Into License and Technology Transfer Agreement for Transeptal Mitral Valve Replacement in Greater China
Collaboration Strengthens Peijia’s Position for Competing in a Largely Untapped Market and Supports Global Expansion of HighLife’s Technology SUZHOU, China and PARIS, Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Peijia Medical Ltd (HK Stock Code: 09996) and HighLife SAS, a Paris-based medical device company, focused on the development of a unique transeptal mitral valve replacement (“TMVR”) system to treat […]



