In its first quarter earnings call, Boston Scientific Corp. reported 72% global sales growth in its electrophysiology division, for $300 million, bolstered by surging sales of its recently debuted Farapulse pulse field ablation system, which the company received U.S. FDA approval for in Janua.
South Korean med-tech companies Nunaps Co. Ltd. and Share & Service are the latest to clear domestic approvals for digital therapeutics as the government ramps up R&D funding for artificial intelligence-based medical technologies.
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have linked the risk of heart failure during pregnancy and senescence proteins produced by placental aging, which could clarify how peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is triggered and opens the door to the development of cardiac function therapies in late pregnancy.