Just as it’s putting the finishing touches on a private options offering that should net some $3 million in cash, Cambridge Heart Inc. (OTC:CAMH) is warning investors that it will need more money to stay afloat past the end of 2011.
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Here’s a quick rundown of a few releases over the past couple days:
Cambridge Heart looks to micro-cap investors
Cambridge Heart Inc. (OTC:CAMH) is looking to tap the micro-cap investment sector, hiring an outside firm to tout its cardiac disease testing technology.
The Tewksbury, Mass.-based firm said it tapped Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Associates as its investor relations agency, effective immediately.
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Here’s a roundup of the latest dealflow and investment news:
Cambridge Heart closes $3 million private offering
Cambridge Heart Inc. (OTC:CAMH) raised $2.9 million in a private options offering.
The Tewksbury, Mass.-based company sold 14.5 million units to select investors at 20 cents each. Each unit includes a warrant to buy one share of common stock for 25 cents over the next five years; the options could add $3.6 million to the round.
Dawson James Securities Inc. was the selling agent for the offering.
Cardiac Science, Cambridge Heart launch cardiac stress test
Cardiac Science Corp. (NSDQ:CSCX) began shipping Quinton Q-Stress cardiac stress systems today with microvolt T-wave alternans modules made by Cambridge Heart Inc. (OTC:CAMH).
The system’s MTWA technology was developed by Cambridge Heart Inc. (OTC:CAMH).
Cambridge Heart’s Q2 sales drop on reimbursement woes
Reimbursement problems continue to be a fly in the ointment for Cambridge Heart Inc. (OTC:CAMH), which saw its business suffer during the first half of 2010 due to proposed rate cuts for cardiologists.
Cambridge Heart posted a $1.4 million net loss on about $654,000 in sales during the three months ended June 30, compared to a $1.8 million loss on $793,000 in sales during the same period last year.
For the six-month period the company narrowed its net losses to $2.8 million on $1.3 million in sales, compared to a $3.9 million loss on $1.6 million in revenues during Q2 2009.
Cambridge Heart launches ischemia trial
Cambridge Heart Inc. (OTC:CAMH) enrolled the first participants in a clinical trial of its Microvolt T-Wave Alternans test for detecting ischemia, or restricted blood flow, in patients with coronary artery disease.
The 200-patient MTWA-CAD study is designed to determine whether the test can improve the diagnosis of ischemia. The test is currently used to predict whether patients are at risk for potentially fatal arrhythmias by measuring electrical signals in the heart, according to a press release.
CMS hands Cambridge Heart a win on reimbursement for its heart test
Starting today, physicians who use a heart test made by Cambridge Heart Inc. (OTC:CAMH) along with a standard stress test will be fully reimbursed for the exams, after a decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services allowing the reimbursement.