Boston Scientific has completed enrolling first patient in a EVOLVE II clinical trial of its Synergy Everolimus-Eluting platinum chromium coronary stent system. The CE-marked stent features a combination of everolimus drug and ...
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Theravectys has received regulatory clearances from France's National Security Agency and Belgium's Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products to commence a phase I/II clinical trial of its anti-HIV therapeutic vaccine. Using the ...
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St Jude Medical has implanted the first patient with its Portico Transcatheter aortic heart valve designed to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high risk of needing open-heart surgery, using the Transapical delivery ...
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Insmed has dosed first Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patient in the Clinical Evaluation of ARIKACE (CLEAR-108) phase 3 study of Arikace (liposomal amikacin for inhalation) in Europe. CLEAR-108 is a 300-patient randomized phase 3 trial comparing ...
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BioDelivery Sciences International, a developer of drug delivery technologies, and Endo Health Solutions have started enrolling patients for its Phase 3 clinical program of BEMA Buprenorphine, designed as a treatment for moderate to severe ...
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Jennerex has treated the first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial of intravenous treatment with JX-594 for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)who have not received treatment with sorafeni. The ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Masimo's new uSpO2 universal pulse oximetry cable for use with GE Healthcare's patient-worn monitors in ambulatory patient care environments. The uSpO2 cable is an ...
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Services giant CSC,which had a spectacular dispute with the government over its work on the NHS National Programme for IT(NPfIT),is on course to implement its first patient records system after a national agreement was reached earlier this ...
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St Joseph Hospital has enrolled first patient for SYMPLICITY HTN-3 trial, conducted by Medtronic, designed to assess investigational Symplicity renal denervation system. Minimally invasive, catheter-based renal denervation procedure is ...
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Continuum has received seven International Design Excellence Awards(IDEA)from the Industrial Design Society of America(IDSA).The IDEAs were awarded to Continuum for the company's work with Mindray,the Herman Miller Compass system,Daktari ...