Cardiovascular Device Update articles from January 2007

Cardiovascular Device Update archives from January 2007

Advances continue in diagnosis, treatment of arrhythmia and HF.
January 1, 2007... 2nd of two Scientific Session stories Advances continue in diagnosis, treatment of arrhythmia and HF By MICHAEL SIMONSEN, PhD CDU Contributing Editor CHICAGO — The diagnosis and treatment of heart disease is continually...

Grow-your-own valves possible via stem cells?
January 1, 2007... Grow-your-own valves possible via stem cells? CHICAGO — A stem cell research effort that appears tantalizingly possible was described at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association (Dallas). Put it under the category,...

Platelet reactivity — the main culprit in DES thrombosis?
January 1, 2007... More from '06 AHA Scientific Sessions: Platelet reactivity — the main culprit in DES thrombosis? By DIANA TUCKER CDU Contributing Writer CHICAGO — During a seminar at the '06 Scientific Sessions of the American...

No changes foreseen in FDA's regulation of DES technology.
January 1, 2007... After 2 days of panel debate — No changes foreseen in FDA's regulation of DES technology By MARK McCARTY CDU Washington Editor GAITHERSBURG, Maryland — Whatever the debates concerning the most appropriate lengths...

Dispute panel wants more CorCap data.(Acorn Cardiovascular product)
January 1, 2007... Dispute panel wants more CorCap data By MARK McCARTY CDU Washington Editor While the dispute panel of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health can be a potential device graveyard, that panel last month offered...

Johns Hopkins leads cardiac education program in Egypt.
January 1, 2007... International report Johns Hopkins leads cardiac education program in Egypt Johns Hopkins Medicine International (Baltimore) and Sanofi-Aventis Egypt (Cairo) have signed an agreement for educational and consultative services through...

Acquisitions.
January 1, 2007... Acquisitions • Braun (Kronberg, Germany), part of Procter and Gamble (P&G; Cincinnati), and Kaz (New York), have formed a partnership under which Kaz has acquired Braun's blood pressure monitoring and thermometer business. The...

Cleveland Clinic to build cardiovascular unit via Ohio $60M.
January 1, 2007... Business Developments Cleveland Clinic to build cardiovascular unit via Ohio $60M The Cleveland Clinic, in collaboration with Fairfax Renaissance Development (FDRC) and more than 20 biomedical and academic institutions, last month...

Agreements.
January 1, 2007... Agreements • The Bayer HealthCare Diagnostics Division (Tarrytown, New York), a member of the Bayer Group (Leverkusen, Germany) and Inverness Medical Innovations (Waltham, Massachusetts), a manufacturer of diagnostic products,...

Market Updates.
January 1, 2007... Market Updates U-M team pursuing lab-grown 3D tissue for heart muscle It looks, contracts and responds almost like natural heart muscle — though grown in the lab. And it could bring the cardiovascular sector closer to the goal of...

Personnel File.
January 1, 2007... Personnel File • Robert Khederian, chairman of the board of Cambridge Heart (Bedford, Massachusetts), has been named interim president/CEO of the company. The appointment comes following the resignation of Jeffery Langan as...

At presstime: AVSH programming supports ICD dual-chamber pacing benefits.
January 1, 2007... At presstime: AVSH programming supports ICD dual-chamber pacing benefits In early January, Boston Scientific reported that the results of the largest implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) study to date, known as INTRINSIC RV...

Product Pipeline.
January 1, 2007... Product Pipeline Singulex developing troponin test for earlier MI detection In early December, Pfizer (New York) reaped a large number of negative headlines when it reported that it had to stop its Phase III ILLUMINATE trial of a drug...