Tag: stroke

Algernon NeuroScience Appoints Validcare as CRO for its Phase 2a DMT Human Stroke Trial and Announces Validcare’s USD $170K Equity Investment

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company” or “AGN Pharma”) (CSE: AGN) (FRANKFURT: AGW0) (OTCQB: AGNPF), a Canadian clinical stage pharmaceutical development company, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Algernon NeuroScience (AGN Neuro), has appointed Validcare as the contract research organization (“CRO”) for the Company’s upcoming randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2a DMT study of 40 stroke patients in Europe. The study is expected to begin enrolling patients in Q3 of 2025. Validcare is a leading U.S. based full service CRO with experience across a wide range of therapeutic indications.

RapidPulse Receives FDA Approval to Begin IDE Study in Ischemic Stroke Using Innovative Cyclic Aspiration System – Recently Completed Clinical Trial Shows Significantly Higher First Pass and Frontline Success Rates

MIAMI, Dec. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RapidPulse, Inc., a Delaware corporation headquartered in Miami, Florida focused on improving the treatment success rate for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed that RapidPulse can begin enrollment in an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study of its novel and precise cyclic aspiration system. This will allow U.S. and European patient enrollment in 2025 to commence in a study designed to demonstrate the RapidPulse patented method of precisely pulsed aspiration is safe and effective in the treatment of AIS. RapidPulse’s technology is a spin-out of Syntheon 2.0, LLC, an innovative medical device incubator with a long track record of successful exits.

Remedy Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Orphan Drug Designation Granted for the Treatment of Large Territory Acute Ischemic Stroke with CIRARA

NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Remedy Pharmaceuticals, a pioneer in stroke drug development, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Division (OOPD) has granted Orphan Drug Designation for CIRARA for the treatment of “large…

Stryker completes acquisition of NICO Corporation, expanding minimally invasive solutions for brain tumor removal and stroke care

PORTAGE, Mich., USA, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stryker (NYSE: SYK), a global leader in medical technologies, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of NICO Corporation, a privately held company providing a systematic approach to minimally invasive surgery for tumor and…

Breakthrough Therapy designation for Sanbexin sublingual tablets granted by the United States Food and Drug Administration

NANJING, China, Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On September 2, 2024, Simcere Pharmaceuticals Group Ltd. (2096.HK) announced that Sanbexin Sublingual Tablets (Edaravone and Dexborneol sublingual tablets), an innovative drug for stroke, has been granted the Breakthrough Therapy designation…

Bioxodes reports positive DMC meeting for BIOX-101 Phase 2a trial in intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke

Gosselies (Belgium), August 21, 2024 – Bioxodes SA, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to prevent and treat thrombotic and inflammatory diseases, announces today that the DMC reviewed the data from the first 8 patients in a planned review of the ongoing BIRCH Phase 2a trial of BIOX-101 to prevent secondary damage after intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke (ICH).

MemorialCare’s Long Beach Medical Center and Saddleback Medical Center Nationally Recognized by the American Heart Association with Get with the Guidelines Gold Plus Awards

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — MemorialCare’s Long Beach Medical Center and Saddleback Medical Center received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement awards. Long Beach Medical Center also received the Get…