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Avinger Announces Successful Completion of First Cases with the Lightbox 3 Next Generation Imaging Console

03/08/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: REDWOOD CITY, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 28, 2022 / Avinger, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGR), a commercial-stage medical device company marketing the first and only intravascular image-guided, catheter-based system for diagnosis and treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), today announced that physicians in the U.S. have successfully completed first cases with its new…

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Pear Therapeutics Announces New CMS HCPCS Code for Prescription Digital Behavioral Therapy Inclusive of All of Its Commercial Products

03/04/2022

CMS establishes new Level II HCPCS code for Prescription Digital Behavioral Therapy, FDA Cleared, per Course of Treatment to describe prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) including Pear’s PDTs for the treatment of substance use disorder (reSET®), opioid use disorder (reSET-O®), and chronic insomnia (Somryst®), respectively The new code marks an important access and reimbursement milestone for providers, payers,…

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AI-Powered Algorithm Gets FDA 501(k) Clearance for Detection of Subarachnoid Hemorrhages

03/04/2022

A recent study found that Viz ANEURYSM had a 94 percent accuracy rate of diagnosing subarachnoid hemorrhages on computed tomography angiography (CTA). Excerpt from the Press Release: Subarachnoid hemorrhages reportedly affect nearly 30,000 Americans each year and have a 40 percent mortality rate. However, Viz ANEURYSM, a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered algorithm, may improve the…

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ChromaCode’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Expanded by FDA for High-Throughput HDPCR™ SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time PCR Assay

03/03/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CARLSBAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ChromaCode, Inc., a company redefining molecular testing through data science, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the Emergency Use Authorization of ChromaCode’s HDPCR SARS-CoV-2 Assay to include several new qPCR instruments and use of 384-well plates, which has the potential to more than…

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Long-Term Follow-Up Data Reinforce Continued Overall Survival Benefit of BAVENCIO® (avelumab) First-Line Maintenance Treatment in Patients with Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma

02/28/2022

38-month median follow-up data from the Phase III JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial demonstrated prolonged median OS of 23.8 months with BAVENCIO plus best supportive care (BSC) in the first-line maintenance setting versus a median OS of 15.0 months with BSC alone BAVENCIO continues to be the first and only immunotherapy to improve survival in the…

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Accepts for Priority Review Bristol Myers Squibb’s Supplemental Biologics License Application for Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) as a Second-Line Therapy for Relapsed or Refractory Large B-cell Lymphoma

02/23/2022

Application based on the pivotal Phase 3 TRANSFORM study in which Breyanzi showed significant and clinically meaningful improvements over salvage chemotherapy followed by high-dose chemotherapy plus autologous stem cell transplant, which has been the standard of care for more than 20 years U.S. FDA has assigned a target action date of June 24, 2022 Excerpt from the…

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Theradaptive Wins Additional FDA Breakthrough Designation for Spinal Fusion

02/22/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: FREDERICK, Md. and BOSTON, Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Theradaptive, a privately held biopharmaceutical company pioneering a new class of regenerative implants announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Medical Device designation for its OsteoAdapt SP Spinal Fusion implant indicated for posterolateral spinal fusion to treat degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis,…

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Virpax Reports Favorable Preclinical Safety Data for Envelta™ for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain

02/18/2022

– Preclinical study data indicate that intranasal administration of enkephalin (Envelta) is well-tolerated and safe – Excerpt from the Press Release: BERWYN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Virpax® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Virpax” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: VRPX), a company specializing in developing non-addictive product candidates for pain management, as well as PTSD, CNS disorders and anti-viral indications, reported promising results from preclinical dose…

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atHeart Medical Receives FDA Approval for the Second Phase of the ASCENT ASD U.S. IDE Trial

02/15/2022

Company’s reSept™ ASD Occluder Aims to Evolve Septal Closure with its Novel Metal-Free Frame Design Excerpt from the Press Release: BAAR, Switzerland and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — atHeart Medical, a medical device company dedicated to establishing the new standard of care for closure of atrial septal defects (ASD), today announced it has received approval for the start…

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Pardes Biosciences Announces FDA Clearance of IND Application for PBI-0451, an Oral Antiviral Drug Candidate for the Treatment and Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infections

02/10/2022

CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pardes Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRDS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing PBI-0451 as a potential novel direct-acting, oral antiviral drug candidate for the treatment and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infections and associated diseases (i.e., COVID-19), today announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for PBI-0451 has been cleared…

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