A 30-day “go-shop” period in St. Jude Medical‘s (NYSE:STJ) pending, $3.4 billion acquisition of Thoratec (NSDQ:THOR) lapsed last week without a 2nd suitor emerging, sending the companies’ stock prices down slightly last Friday. The merger, medtech’s latest multi-billion union, calls for St. Jude to pay $63.50 in cash for each share of Pleasanton, Calif.-based Thoratec, funded using term loans […]
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Here are top cardiology features from MassDevice and its sister publications (and scroll down to read the latest cardiology device news from MassDevice):
+ LVADs save lives: So why aren’t more available?
+ How Medtronic uses nitinol to improve the structure and effectiveness of heart devices
+ How Abbott designed the world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system
+ J&J used RWE for expanded indications — and you can, too
+ 7 cardiology startups you need to know
Latest Cardiology News
Micell gains new manufacturing partner
Micell Technologies said today that it won approval to partner with contract manufacturer Surgical Technologies, Inc. in Britain and will begin full-scale manufacturing of its MiStent SES for distribution to European Union countries. Micell won CE Mark approval in the European Union for the drug-eluting stent in 2013. STI will serve as the primary contract manufacturer of the […]
Sorin, Cyberonics jump after Italian court clears way for $3B merger
Shares of Sorin Group (BIT:SRN) and Cyberonics (NSDQ:CYBX) jumped today after the medical device companies said the way is clear for the consummation of their $2.7 billion merger. Sorin said a Milan court dismissed a claim brought by an Italian state attorney seeking to prevent Sorin from dodging a $3.76 billion environmental lawsuit filed against […]
Ex-KCI chief Burzik bows out of Palmaz Scientific
Cathy Burzik, the former CEO of Kinetic Concepts Inc., is no longer slated to take the helm at Palmaz Scientific, the company co-founded by coronary stent pioneer Dr. Julio Palmaz in 2008, Palmaz told MassDevice.com today. “We essentially decided not to do the deal because we just didn’t agree,” Palmaz told us in a brief telephone […]
EXCLUSIVE: Palmaz Scientific, out of cash, taps ex-KCI CEO Burzik
UPDATED August 17, 2015, 5 p.m., with comment from Julio Palmaz. Palmaz Scientific, the company co-founded by coronary stent pioneer Dr. Julio Palmaz in 2008, is out of cash and looking for a new CEO, according to a letter to shareholders obtained by MassDevice.com. Julio Palmaz plans to step down from his chairman’s role at Palmaz Scientific, […]
Abiomed seeks expanded PMAs for Impella heart pump line
Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD) said today it submitted PMA applications to expand indications for its Impella line of percutaneous micro heart pumps to patients suffering cardiogenic shock following acute myocardial infarction or cardiac surgery. In addition to the new indication, the Danvers, Mass.-based company also submitted an application for longer duration use, Abiomed said. The submissions include a […]
Abiomed bullish on 5-year strategy, pipeline products
Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD) yesterday released 5-year financial growth plans as well as preliminary information on new pipeline products. The full presentation of the company’s long-term growth strategy and vision was presented to investors yesterday in Abiomed’s annual investor conference in Boston. The company’s plans call for $1.2-$1.8 billion in sales, significantly higher than analyst estimates, according […]
Biotronik launches 2 new studies
Biotronik announced 2 new studies last week that are slated to examine the company’s CRT-D device and BioMonitor implanted cardiac monitor. A 277-patient BioContinue clinical trial will examine the risk of ventricular arrhythmias after CRT-D replacement, enrolling patients over 2 years at 40 centers across 8 countries, the company said. Biotronik said the trial will […]
Study: Edwards’ Sapien and Medtronic’s CoreValve outcomes are similar
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that patients treated with Edwards Lifesciences‘s (NYSE:EW) and Medtronic‘s (NYSE:MDT) CoreValve showed similar results after 1 year. The 241-patient trial examined high-risk patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis 1 year after being treated with either Edwards’s Sapien balloon expanding or Medtronic’ self-expanding […]
Abiomed partners with Fenway Park
Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD) said today it entered into a corporate partnership with Boston’s Fenway Park, and will bring its Impella mobile learning lab to the stadium tomorrow. The lab will be parked at Fenway so individuals in healthcare and medical fields can learn about its Impella heart pump, which the Danvers, Mass.-based company says is the […]
HeartWare completes enrollment in Endurance2 HVAD trial
HeartWare International (NSDQ:HTWR) said today it completed enrollment of its Endurance 2 destination therapy trial of its HeartWare ventricular assist system. The trial seeks to examine the rate of stroke in patients treated with HeartWare’s HVAD device as well as optimal blood pressure management, the company said. Data from the 465-patient supplemental cohort trial will be […]