A new study has found that a pioneering device to repair heart valves is safe and effective, and can reduce the invasiveness and side effects of conventional mitral valve surgery.
Coronary heart disease is a common illness of cardiovascular disease which is treated mainly through medicines, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Remarkably, PCI is preferable to both clinicians and patients for its short treatment course, small wound and significant therapeutic effects: doctors can use PCI to open coronary arteries that are narrowed or blocked by the buildup of atherosclerotic plaque without thoracotomy. Today, Ddu is going to share the market report of coronary stent with you.
Novo Nordisk announced that the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee (EMDAC) of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted 16-0 in favour of the approval of once-weekly semaglutide to improve glycaemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes. One member of the committee abstained.
Androgen-deprivation therapy, which is a common treatment for prostate cancer, has been tentatively linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study solidifies these concerns.
Dutch biotech UniQure has won orphan drug designation (ODD) for its investigational treatment for Huntington’s Disease, a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder that leads to loss of muscle coordination, behavioural abnormalities and cognitive decline.
Novo Nordisk announced that the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has approved Tresiba® (insulin degludec) for the treatment of diabetes in China. Tresiba® is a new-generation, once-daily basal insulin with an ultra-long duration of action which allows for flexibility in day-to-day dosing.
Boehringer Ingelheim has reason to believe its diabetes medication Jardiance can help fend off cardiovascular death, kidney failure and hospitalization for heart failure. And now, it’s developing a model to help predict which patients are best suited for treatment with the therapy.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) permitted marketing of the first mobile medical application to help treat substance use disorders (SUD). The Reset application is intended to be used with outpatient therapy to treat alcohol, cocaine, marijuana and stimulant SUDs. The application is not intended to be used to treat opioid dependence.
According to a global statistics report on medical devices, the global surgical instruments market has witnessed a drastic growth spurt in the past 8 years. In 2010, global sales of surgical instruments reached 12 billion USD, 12.9 billion USD in 2011 and 18.6 billion USD in 2014.
An anti-inflammatory drug has significantly lowered the risk of recurrent heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular death, all without reducing cholesterol, according to research recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and shared at a meeting of the European Society of Cardiology.
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