Home » Diagnostic » Point-of-Care
Welcome: Login | Register
view counter

Category: Cardiac MarkersSyndicate content

Cardiac Markers

Inverness, BG Medicine ink development pact for heart failure test

April 26, 2010 by MassDevice staff

Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. and BG Medicine Inc. ink a deal to develop a test for the galectin-3 heart failure biomarker.

IMA, BG logos

BG Medicine Inc. and Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. (NYSE:IMA) inked a deal to develop and commercialize a galectin-3 test for heart failure.

The Waltham, Mass.-based companies said Inverness will develop the test for its Triage Meter Pro testing platform in collaboration with BG, which will support the effort and its regulatory filings, according to a press release.

BG Medicine touts study of heart attack mortality test

February 16, 2010 by MassDevice staff

BG Medicine Inc. is touting the results of a peer-reviewed study of its test for the galectin-3 biomarker, which it claims can help predict the risk of dying from a heart attack.

BG Medicine

BG Medicine Inc. said its galectin-3 test to predict the risk of dying from heart failure did well in a controlled, peer-reviewed clinical trial published in the journal Clinical Research in Cardiology.

The report summarizing the study, "Prognostic value of galectin-3, a novel marker of fibrosis, in patients with chronic heart failure: data from the DEAL-HF study," showed that the Waltham, Mass-based company's test for the galectin-3 biomarker was "a significant predictor of mortality risk," according to a press release. The trial followed 232 patients with an average age of 71 (plus or minus a decade), 72 percent of whom were male. After six-and-a-half years, 98 of the patients, or 37.4 percent, had died.

BG Medicine inks research pact to ID at-risk heart disease patients

March 12, 2009 by MassDevice staff

Waltham diagnostics maker signs collaborative research agreement with N.I.H. and B.U. aimed at identifying people at risk of heart disease and stroke.

BG Medicine Inc. is taking part in a study that could someday lead to a simple blood test for heart disease.

The Waltham-based diagnostic equipment maker said it is working with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Boston University to analyze about 1,000 bio-samples taken as part of the more than 60-year Framingham Heart Study.

Cambridge Heart Inc.

100 Ames Pond Drive
Ste 100
Tewksbury
MA
01876
United States
(781) 271-1200

www.cambridgeheart.com

Product(s): 
Develops non-invasive cardiac diagnosis products
Employees: 
20 (50)
Established: 
1992
Chairman: 
Roderick De Greef
CEO: 
Ali Haghighi-Mood, CEO
Management: 
Vincenzo LiCausi, VP-finance & admin., CFO
Support the news, become a MassDevice.com insider
view counter
META's Needs Assessment System measures the gap between ideal and current sales performance
view counter

follow MassDevice on Twitter

Preferred Vendors

Consulting, Regulatory

Emergo Group, Inc.
Regulatory charts and consulting
Pacific Bridge Medical

Plastics / Molded Products, Original Equipment Manufacturer

SMC Ltd. (Scientific Molding Corp.)
Manufactures injection-molded, single-use disposable medical devices

Communications / PR, Marketing

Seidler Bernstein
Provides marketing and PR services

Reimbursement, Salesforce Development and Training, Reimbursement

Medical Education Training Associates LLC (META)
Provides a suite of consulting services for medical device companies
Reimbursement Planning, Health Policy Training
Salesforce development and Management training

Assay Testing, Other

Instron
Precision testing instrumentation and services for materials, components, and structures in R&D, Quality Control and Production environments.

Machining, Prototype Manufacturing, Design / Engineering

Roush Life Sciences
Provides design and engineering, rapid prototyping, tooling, engineering and manufacturing services for life science companies
A Division of Roush Enterprises

Legal

Greenberg Traurig LLP
Provides legal services
McClellan Automation Systems
Manufactures custom automated systems and special process machinery

Original Equipment Manufacturer

Admet
Static and Dynamic testing systems for materials, components, and devices. Systems range from 50 grams to 600kN of force capacity in tension, compression, torsion, and more.
Provides grips, fixtures, heating and cooling systems, and fluid baths.

Consulting, Legal

National Standards Authority of Ireland
Provides regulatory compliance services

Publishing, Software / IT, Consulting

Cine-Med Inc.
Produces medical films and publishes continuing education. materials for medical device companies

Top News Stories

FDA requires nine makers of needleless connectors to conduct post-market surveillance
Medtronic aims to mitigate heart failure woes through the spine
Palomar's losses surge 600 percent
Zoll posts 285 percent increase in profits during Q3
Acquisitions pay off for Covidien in Q3, despite flat sales.
Orthopedics, stimulation carry the day for Orthofix
Strong Q2 Prompts LeMaitre Vascular to Boost 2010 Guidance
Varian Medical's Q3 sales rise, earnings stay flat
iCad's Q2 revenues rise, losses narrow
Exact Sciences has steady revenue, losses
more

RECENT BLOG POSTS

more
Help keep the news free. Support the news. Become a MassDevice.com insider
view counter
view counter
Free Literature and Charts from Emergo Group
view counter
Built on an AdaptiveTheme using Drupal by Michael Knapp  mknapp