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Edwards exceeds Wall Street expectations in Q2, in spite of COVID-19

July 24, 2020
By Meg Bryant
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. reported better-than-expected results when it released its second quarter earnings late July 23, with revenue down 15% to $924 million, from $1.1 billion in the same period of 2019. The results beat Wall Street consensus of $797.5 million, and reflected an uptick in surgical procedures that had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Irvine, Calif.-based company sustained a net loss of $121.9 million, or $0.20 per share, based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), a sharp drop from $242.3 million, or $0.38 per share, in the same quarter last year. However, adjusted earnings looked brighter at $0.34 per share.
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Biopolymer-based heart valve startup Foldax gets $20M series D for the clinic

June 24, 2020
By Stacy Lawrence
Startup Foldax Inc. has raised a $20 million series D round to back its development of biopolymer-based surgical and minimally invasive heart valves. Heart valves typically are either based on porcine or bovine tissues or are mechanical.
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Earlier TAVR may be better for asymptomatic stenosis in presence of left ventricular hypertrophy

June 2, 2020
By Mark McCarty
Medical science continues to define the relative risks of progressively smaller patient subsets across the disease spectrum, but this is particularly true of late in connection with aortic stenosis (AS).
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Peijia raises $302M on HKEX to advance TAVR product, shares up 70% on debut

May 15, 2020
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – Suzhou, China-based Peijia Medical Co. Ltd. became the second prerevenue med-tech company to go public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) after Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc., pocketing HK$2.3 billion (US$302 million) with an aim to develop and commercialize its transcatheter valve therapeutic medical device called Taurusone.
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Israeli startup Pi-Cardia raises $27M to test aortic valve treatment that offers TAVR alternative

April 21, 2020
By Stacy Lawrence
Pi-Cardia Ltd. has raised a $27 million round of financing led by Sofinnova Partners. The Rehovot, Israel-based company will use the round to back parallel U.S. feasibility and European pivotal trials of its catheter-based, nonimplant heart valve calcification treatment.
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Device-related structural heart disease volumes to take a beating during COVID-19

April 10, 2020
By Mark McCarty
Physicians who perform a variety of device implant procedures face a difficult choice in determining whether a patient should be treated. A new article in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) recommends that patients who ordinarily would be candidates for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) might instead be referred for the transcatheter alternative.
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Excellent outcomes for Medtronic Evolut TAVR in low-risk bicuspid AVS patients

March 31, 2020
By Annette Boyle
Results of a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session on March 29 demonstrated “excellent” outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) using the Medtronic plc Evolut in low surgical risk patients with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis.
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Patient selection rules the day in study of TAVR at centers with SAVR

Feb. 7, 2020
By Mark McCarty
The advent of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) changed the framework for dealing with aortic valve stenosis, but some clinicians might argue there was a corresponding and inappropriate rush away from surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).
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Edwards shines in fourth quarter as global TAVR sales reach $763M

Jan. 31, 2020
By Liz Hollis
Edwards Lifesciences Corp., of Irvine, Calif., reported positive quarterly results Jan. 30, and it was particularly bolstered by strength with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). CEO Mike Mussallem called out the fourth quarter underlying sales growth of 19%, giving much credit to TAVR.
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China striving to catch up in med-tech innovation for heart diseases

Dec. 12, 2019
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – While acknowledging that China still needs to play catch up in med-tech innovation, Chinese cardiovascular experts are striving to make breakthroughs in bioabsorable stents and transcatheter heart valves with government-backed research projects underway.
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