New Study Shows Promise in Treating More Patients with World’s Smallest Pacemaker

Posted in Medical Device by Medtech[y] Staff

November 11, 2019 • 2 min read

​Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced results from the MARVEL 2 (Micra Atrial Tracking Using A Ventricular accELerometer) study showing that an investigational set of algorithms in the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) significantly improves synchrony and cardiac function in patients with impaired electrical conduction between the chambers of the heart...

New Analysis Shows Icosapent Ethyl (Vascepa) Is Cost Effective and Offers Rare Finding of Better Outcomes at Lower Healthcare Costs When Used to Treat High-Risk Patients with Cardiovascular Disease or Diabetes and Other Risk Factors

Posted in Biotech by Medtech[y] Staff

November 11, 2019 • 2 min read

​Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ: AMRN) announced today a summary of results from a patient-level, cost-effectiveness analysis of icosapent ethyl (Vascepa®).1 This comprehensive analysis evaluated the cost-effectiveness of icosapent ethyl in reducing cardiovascular (CV) risk among high-risk patients...

Foamix and Menlo Therapeutics to Merge, Creating a Combined Company Focused on the Development and Commercialization of Therapeutics for Dermatologic Indications

Posted in Biotech by Medtech[y] Staff

November 11, 2019 • 2 min read

​Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Nasdaq: FOMX) and Menlo Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: MNLO) today announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement to create a combined biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to serve patients in the dermatology space. The Boards of Directors of both Foamix and Menlo have unanimously approved the transaction....

REDUCE-IT USA Results, in Prespecified Subgroup Analyses of Landmark REDUCE-IT Global Study, Showed Robust Cardiovascular Risk Reductions Across a Variety of Study Endpoints, Including Cardiovascular Death and All-Cause Mortality

Posted in Biotech by Medtech[y] Staff

November 11, 2019 • 2 min read

​Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ: AMRN) announced today the results from the subgroup of 3,146 patients randomized in the United States within the global Vascepa (icosapent ethyl) cardiovascular (CV) outcomes trial, REDUCE-IT. ...

GW Pharmaceuticals receives positive NICE recommendation for EPIDYOLEX (cannabidiol) oral solution for the treatment of seizures in patients with two rare, severe forms of childhood-onset epilepsy

Posted in Biotech by Medtech[y] Staff

November 11, 2019 • 2 min read

​GW Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: GWPH), world leader in discovering, developing and commercialising cannabinoid prescription medicines, today announces that two of its medicines, EPIDYOLEX (cannabidiol) oral solution and Sativex (nabiximols), have been recommended by the UK’s National Institute for Health...

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