December 12, 2006
The FDA will convene a Medical Device Dispute Resolution Panel (MDDRP) on Dec. 15 to consider the first device to…
December 12, 2006
The Laboratory Services unit of Rheologics has launched a Whole Blood Viscosity (WBV) testing program for physicians.…
December 12, 2006
Cardiac Science has begun shipping its news Powerheart G3 Plus, a CPR-enhanced addition to the Powerheart automated…
December 12, 2006
MicroMed Cardiovascular, Inc. has received a CE Mark extension to continue marketing its DeBakey VAD system in Europe…
December 11, 2006
The FDA panel that convened for an intense, two-day review of drug-eluting stents last week heard key testimony from…
December 11, 2006
A strong grassroots effort among physicians played a key role in staving off a Medicare physician payment cut that…
December 06, 2006
Phase III of CoreValve’s international trial for its patented 18-French Revalving System is now one-third enrolled…
December 06, 2006
FUJIFLM Medical Systems USA, Inc. (“Fuji”) and Problem Solving Concepts, Inc. (“ProSolv”) have announced a co-marketing…
December 06, 2006
Agfa HealthCare has signed a contract with the National Heart Centre (NHC) of Singapore, the national referral centre…
December 06, 2006
The FDA panel that is re-evaluating the safety of drug-eluting stents convenes Dec. 7 and 8 at the Hilton Washington DC…
December 06, 2006
Taking anti-platelet medication longer than current recommendations may lower heart attack or death risks for patients…
December 05, 2006
The American Heart Association has published a report demonstrating that adolescent boys have a significantly increased…
December 05, 2006
The FDA was notified on Dec. 2 that Pfizer will suspend a large, Phase 3 trial evaluating the investigational…
December 05, 2006
The FDA will revisit a device tomorrow that it cleared for U.S. sale three years ago — drug-eluting stents will be the…
December 04, 2006
CV Therapeutics has announced it will file a new drug application to the FDA for its regadenoson agent in mid-2007…
December 04, 2006
The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has extended the abstract deadline for its 30th Annual…
December 04, 2006
Toronto-based Cedara Software, a Merge Healthcare company and an independent developer of medical software technologies…
December 04, 2006
Recent downplay of the media’s attention to DES-related thrombosis during both the TCT and AHA conferences this fall…
December 04, 2006
Pulse oximetry, which directly monitors the patient's oxygenation, came into its own as standard medical practice 20…
December 03, 2006
Two novel polymer-free drug-eluting stent coating technologies tested in a comparative animal study has concluded with…
