HONG KONG – A new algorithmic module developed by Rsip Vision Ltd. makes it possible to generate automated expert-level assessment of heart functions, facilitating quick and reliable detection of cardiac illness and heart attacks.
HONG KONG – With the sale of a group of noncore assets to a little-known Chinese company, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. took another step in a multibillion-dollar string of divestitures that is part of a plan to cut debt and focus on five key business areas. Takeda announced on Dec. 21 the sale of a portfolio of noncore prescription drugs marketed in China to Hasten Biopharmaceutic Co. Ltd. (China).
Rapid Medical Ltd.'s journey took a promising turn with a U.S. FDA clearance of Drivewire, the company's steerable guidewire for neuro and peripheral vasculature. Drivewire allows surgeons to adjust the shape of the tip while traversing challenging vasculature. It is the first neurovascular guidewire with a controllable distal end that permits on-demand course and shape changes during a procedure.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: Differences seen between the sexes in terms of stroke survival; Light used to control cardiac waves; 3D-printed blood vessels ID possible link between coronavirus, stroke.
Carmat SA said its total artificial heart received the CE mark, and the company plans to ramp up production to enable the launch of the device in the second quarter of 2021. The artificial heart offers a bridge to transplant in patients with end-stage biventricular heart failure. It provides an alternative for individuals for whom maximal medical therapy and left ventricular assist device are insufficient or contraindicated.
HONG KONG – With the sale of a group of noncore assets to a little-known Chinese company, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. took another step in a multibillion-dollar string of divestitures that is part of a plan to cut debt and focus on five key business areas. Takeda announced on Dec. 21 the sale of a portfolio of noncore prescription drugs marketed in China to Hasten Biopharmaceutic Co. Ltd. (China).
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. launched a pivotal trial of its mitral valve repair system in the U.S., with the first patient undergoing treatment for severe degenerative mitral valve regurgitation at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Open-heart surgery is the current standard approach to mitral valve repair, but the Harpoon Beating Heart mitral valve repair system allows surgeons to use a minimally invasive approach, according to Edwards Lifesciences.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: Biomarkers can forecast the development of incident heart failure; Mouse model helps researchers find MAARS lncRNA; Heart disease deaths rise in age of COVID-19.