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.
New York University has disclosed RAGE receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19), diabetic complications, ischemia reperfusion injury, neurodegeneration, obesity, and cardiovascular and inflammatory disorders, among others.
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has disclosed compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of arterial aneurysm.
Despite the bullish outlook in its quarterly earnings call, which included raising the midpoint of its full-year guidance range, Abbott Laboratories stock slipped on its light second-quarter outlook.
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type-9 (PCSK9) is highly expressed in adult hepatocytes. PCSK9 binds to and promotes the degradation of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor, thereby increasing LDL cholesterol levels. PCSK9 inhibition has emerged as a promising strategy for cardiovascular diseases. However, it is still unclear whether PCSK9 can trigger blood vessel inflammation directly modulating monocytes or endothelial cells independently of LDL receptor.
As Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) first-quarter revenue missed Wall Street estimates for medical devices on April 16, CEO Joaquin Duato noted that the company will continue to look for major M&A plays to boost long-term growth in the wake of its recently reported $13.1 billion buy of Shockwave Medical Inc.
The long-term use of ventricular assist devices is becoming a problem for at least some of these devices, as demonstrated by the recall of the Heartmate II and Heartmate 3 devices by Abbott Laboratories’ Abbott Vascular division due to obstruction of the outflow graft used to attach the device to the human heart.
Researchers from Hefei Industrial Pharmaceutical Institute Co. Ltd. published data detailing the design and biological evaluation of novel NMDAR-GluN2B antagonists as potential candidates for the treatment of ischemic stroke.
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