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SANUWAVE Health Appoints Industry Veteran Peter Sorensen as Chief Financial Officer

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Monday, April 1, 2024
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EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, April 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (the "Company" or "SANUWAVE”) (OTCQB: SNWV), a leading provider of next-generation FDA-approved wound care products, is pleased to announce the hiring of Peter Sorensen as its new CFO. 

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  • He earned his BA in business administration from Bethel University and an MBA from the Herberger Business School at St.
  • “We are pleased to welcome Peter to SANUWAVE at this pivotal time in our growth plans,” said CEO Morgan Frank.
  • SANUWAVE’s trajectory is truly remarkable and I am eager to contribute my expertise to drive financial success and support the team’s realization of their innovative vision to deliver cutting edge wound care solutions that positively impact patients’ lives worldwide,” said Sorensen.
  • Sorensen begins work at SANUWAVE on April 1, 2024.

Tenax Therapeutics Provides Business and Clinical Development Updates with Full Year 2023 Financial Results

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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We also made important progress in further expanding levosimendan’s U.S. intellectual property protections, securing the future commercial value of TNX-103.

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  • We also made important progress in further expanding levosimendan’s U.S. intellectual property protections, securing the future commercial value of TNX-103.
  • In February 2024, Tenax Therapeutics announced that the first patient had enrolled in the Phase 3 LEVEL Study (LEVosimendan to Improve Exercise Limitation in PH-HFpEF Patients) ( NCT05983250 ).
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    Tenax Therapeutics reported cash and cash equivalents of $9.8 million as of December 31, 2023.
  • Tenax Therapeutics reported a net loss for 2023 of $7.7 million, compared to a net loss of $11.0 million in 2022.

Sequana Medical announces 2023 Full Year Results and 2024 Outlook

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Ian Crosbie, Chief Executive Officer of Sequana Medical, commented: “Securing PMA approval is a major value inflection point and the team is navigating through the approval process.

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  • Ian Crosbie, Chief Executive Officer of Sequana Medical, commented: “Securing PMA approval is a major value inflection point and the team is navigating through the approval process.
  • Furthermore, the alfapump can benefit from attractive pricing and leverage its FDA breakthrough device designation to enhance its reimbursement position.
  • Following this equity placement, the €3.0 million convertible loan agreement entered in February 2024 by Partners in Equity and Rosetta Capital will be mandatorily converted into new shares.
  • A day-100 meeting is scheduled with the FDA on April 9th 2024.

Orchestra BioMed Reports Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Provides Fourth Quarter Business Update

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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Globally, the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis and other challenging artery disease indications is rapidly shifting toward drug-coated balloons.

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  • Globally, the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis and other challenging artery disease indications is rapidly shifting toward drug-coated balloons.
  • Financial Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2023
    Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $87.6 million as of December 31, 2023.
  • Net loss for 2023 was $49.1 million, or ($1.48) per share, compared with a net loss of $33.6 million, or ($2.24) per share, for 2022.
  • Net loss for the year-ended 2023 included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $7.6 million, compared with $3.4 million for the same period in 2022.

BioCardia Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Business Highlights and Financial Results

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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The Company will also hold a conference call at 4:30 PM ET today in which it will discuss business highlights with call details below.

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  • The Company will also hold a conference call at 4:30 PM ET today in which it will discuss business highlights with call details below.
  • The Company anticipates completing follow-up in the trial and preparing this dataset on 115 randomized patients enrolled with a minimum of one-year follow-up for final lock in the fourth quarter of 2024.
  • BioCardia has had discussions on partnering its CardiAMP therapy for other clinical indications and continues to explore partnerships worldwide.
  • All callers should dial in approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time and ask to be joined into the BioCardia call.

SEQUANA MEDICAL ANNOUNCES NEW SHARE CAPITAL AMOUNT AND NEW NUMBER OF SHARES

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Ghent, Belgium, 26 March 2024 – Sequana Medical NV (Euronext Brussels: SEQUA) (the "Company" or "Sequana Medical"), a pioneer in the treatment of fluid overload in liver disease, heart failure and cancer, announces today that in the context of the private placement of new shares that was announced and priced on 20 March 2024, with pricing announced on 21 March 2024, by means of a private placement through an accelerated bookbuilding procedure of new shares, the Company's share capital has increased on 25 March 2024 from EUR 2,926,295.90 to EUR 3,720,562.60 and the number of issued and outstanding shares has increased from 28,242,753 to 35,909,420 shares, through the issuance of a total of 7,666,667 new shares.

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  • Ghent, Belgium, 26 March 2024 – Sequana Medical NV (Euronext Brussels: SEQUA) (the "Company" or "Sequana Medical"), a pioneer in the treatment of fluid overload in liver disease, heart failure and cancer, announces today that in the context of the private placement of new shares that was announced and priced on 20 March 2024, with pricing announced on 21 March 2024, by means of a private placement through an accelerated bookbuilding procedure of new shares, the Company's share capital has increased on 25 March 2024 from EUR 2,926,295.90 to EUR 3,720,562.60 and the number of issued and outstanding shares has increased from 28,242,753 to 35,909,420 shares, through the issuance of a total of 7,666,667 new shares.
  • The total current number of outstanding subscription rights amounts to 5,032,452, which entitles their holders (if exercised) to subscribe to 4,792,765 new shares with voting rights in total, namely:
    up to 261,895 new shares can be issued upon the exercise of 90,780 share options that are still outstanding under the 'Executive Share Options' plan for staff members and consultants of the Company, entitling the holder thereof to acquire ca.
  • upon the exercise of 10 warrants (each warrant having the form of a subscription right) that are still outstanding that have been issued by the extraordinary shareholders meeting of 27 May 2022 (the "Bootstrap Warrants");
    up to 161,404 new shares can be issued to Kreos Capital VII Aggregator SCSp.
  • upon the exercise of 875,000 warrants (each warrant having the form of a subscription right) that are still outstanding that have been issued by the extraordinary shareholders meeting of 10 February 2023 (the "Kreos Warrants")1; and
    This announcement is made in accordance with Article 15 of the Belgian Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of major participations in issuers of which shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and regarding miscellaneous provisions.

United States Cardiovascular Devices Market, Size, Share, Forecast 2024-2030 Featuring Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences, Cardinal Health, Medtronic, GE, J&J, & Siemens - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, April 8, 2024
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Consequently, producers are investing in innovation and developing new cardiovascular devices to satisfy growing healthcare wishes, expanding the increase in the United States cardiovascular devices market.

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  • Consequently, producers are investing in innovation and developing new cardiovascular devices to satisfy growing healthcare wishes, expanding the increase in the United States cardiovascular devices market.
  • Technology is pivotal in employing growth in the United States cardiovascular devices market.
  • Numerous market players actively enforce strategic tasks, propelling an increase in the United States cardiovascular devices market.
  • In the United States cardiovascular devices market, diagnostics and monitoring devices have a significant presence
    The United States cardiovascular device market is broken up by device type into Diagnostics and Monitoring Devices and Therapeutic and Surgical Devices.

Global Wearable Technology in Healthcare Market Analysis 2024-2029: AI-powered Medical Wearables and Epidermal Technology Emerging a Key Trends - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, April 8, 2024
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The global wearable technology in healthcare market value in 2023 stood at US$42.6 billion, and is likely to reach US$169 billion by 2029.

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  • The global wearable technology in healthcare market value in 2023 stood at US$42.6 billion, and is likely to reach US$169 billion by 2029.
  • The global wearable technology in healthcare market value is projected to grow at a CAGR of 25.82%, during the forecast period of 2024-2029.
  • By Application: According to the report, the global wearable technology in healthcare market is bifurcated into three applications: home healthcare, sports fitness and remote patient monitoring.
  • AI-powered Medical Wearables: Integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical wearables enhances data analysis and insights, improving diagnostic accuracy and personalized healthcare delivery.

CorVista Health to Present New Data on the Use of Machine Learning as a Non-Invasive Point-of-Care Rule-out Test for Heart Failure at ACC 2024

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Sunday, April 7, 2024
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The CorVista System is the world’s first non-invasive point-of-care solution for evaluating the presence of coronary artery disease and pulmonary hypertension.

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  • The CorVista System is the world’s first non-invasive point-of-care solution for evaluating the presence of coronary artery disease and pulmonary hypertension.
  • Timely identification of left ventricular dysfunction plays a pivotal role in effective heart failure management, however, measuring elevated LVEDP currently relies on invasive left heart catheterization.
  • Sc.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, CorVista Health.
  • “We believe the CorVista System can uniquely and effectively address these important unmet needs for people living with cardiovascular disease, especially in rural and underserved populations.”

The Medtronic Sphere-360™ Pulse Field Ablation (PFA) catheter, a new paradigm in single-shot ablation, demonstrates impressive results in treating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

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Monday, April 8, 2024
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DUBLIN and BERLIN, April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT), a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced positive clinical trial safety and efficacy results for Sphere-360™, an investigational single-shot mapping and ablation catheter using pulsed field (PF) energy, for treatment of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AFib). Interim findings from the first-in-human Sphere-360 study were presented as a late-breaking clinical trial at the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) 2024 Annual Meeting.

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  • Interim findings from the first-in-human Sphere-360 study were presented as a late-breaking clinical trial at the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) 2024 Annual Meeting.
  • The Sphere-360 catheter was developed with the goal to simplify the atrial fibrillation procedure while enhancing efficiency and providing high durability of lesions.
  • Furthermore, the catheter is fully integrated with the Affera™ Mapping and Ablation System for complete visualization inside the heart and electroanatomical mapping, making it a true all-in-one single-shot catheter for mapping, ablation, and validation.
  • "These results are very encouraging as they show the Sphere-360 catheter has the potential to be an important part of next generation AFib care."