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Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Reports 2019 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results and Highlights

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Feb. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL) today announced its fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results and highlights: “Madrigal made significant progress during 2019 in executing our business strategy and advancing the development of resmetirom. We initiated two Phase 3 studies in NASH: […]

Foldax Tria LifePolymer Heart Valve Technology Honored with Best Innovation Award at 2020 Cardiovascular Research Technologies Meeting

SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Foldax® announced today that Tria LifePolymer™ heart valve technology was honored with The Best Innovation Award at the 2020 Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) meeting in National Harbor, MD. The presentation, titled “Foldax Tria First in Human Implant of a Totally Synthetic Polymeric Aortic Heart Valve,” was given […]

Zynex Receives FDA Clearance for its Blood Volume Monitor

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Zynex, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZYXI), an innovative medical technology company specializing in the manufacture and sale of non-invasive medical devices for pain management, stroke rehabilitation, cardiac monitoring and neurological diagnostics, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) granted 510(k) clearance for sale in the U.S. for […]

Artio Medical Announces Appointment of Maria Sainz to Board of Directors

FAIRWAY, Kan., Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Artio Medical, Inc (Artio), a medical device company developing innovative products for peripheral vascular and neurovascular diseases, announced today the appointment of seasoned medical device industry executive Maria Sainz to its Board of Directors as an independent director. Sainz is currently the President and CEO of AEGEA Medical, a venture […]

Johnson & Johnson Launches Heartline™, the First-of-its-Kind, Virtual Study Designed to Explore if a New iPhone App and Apple Watch Can Help Reduce the Risk of Stroke

Johnson & Johnson, in collaboration with Apple, is offering eligible U.S. adults 65 years and older the opportunity to join the clinical study by downloading the Heartline Study app on iPhone Study aims to assess whether the Heartline Study app on iPhone, and the ECG app and irregular rhythm notification […]

Hemostemix Announces Corporate Update

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hemostemix Inc. (“Hemostemix” or the “Company”) (TSXV: HEM; OTC: HMTXF) provides the following update: On February 21, 2020, the Court Queen’s Bench of Alberta (the “Court”), after having heard the concerns raised by the Company with respect to an application by J.M. […]

PhysIQ and U.S. Veteran’s Affairs Publish Breakthrough Study Predicting Heart Failure Hospitalization up to 10 days in Advance using AI

PhysIQ and the U.S. VA publish results of a clinical trial that demonstrates how artificial intelligence (AI) applied to continuous wearable sensor data may predict hospitalizations. When coupled with the high sensor wear compliance rates, the 7-10-day early warning timeframe suggests this approach has great promise to reduce hospitalization and […]

New Data Confirms Cardiac Dimensions’ Carillon® System Shows Favorable Long-Term Survival Rate In Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation

Pooled Analysis of Prospective Studies Presented during Late Breaking Trials Session at CRT 2020 KIRKLAND, Wash., Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cardiac Dimensions, a leader in the development of innovative, minimally invasive treatments for functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) in patients with heart failure (HF), today announced the findings of a post hoc analysis of […]