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Cardiology Business June 19, 2025
Lilly Buys Verve, Bringing Gene Editing Mainstream June 19, 2025
Gene editing for heart disease just got a major boost as Eli Lilly acquired Verve Therapeutics and its one-dose cholesterol drugs for up to $1.3B, marking a new path for Verve’s therapies to go mainstream. Part of the acquisition likely stems from Verve’s recent impressive trial results for its PCSK9-blocking treatment, VERVE-102, which lowered LDL-C […]
Cardiac Imaging June 19, 2025
New AI-driven Tool Aids in Mitral Valve Assessment June 19, 2025
By: Jimmy Su, Ph.D. Principal Scientist, Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Philips A new tool, Automated 3D Color Flow Quantification (3D Auto CFQ), removes the reliance on assumptions when quantifying mitral regurgitation and replaces it with a reliable and robust, AI-driven method that delivers precise measurement of mitral valve regurgitant volume (RVol) regardless of orifice shape and size. Eliminating assumptions: Quantification […]
Cardiology Pharmaceuticals June 16, 2025
No Need to Discontinue Abelacimab Pre-Procedure June 16, 2025
A new analysis of AZALEA-TIMI 71 suggests Anthos Therapeutics’ abelacimab is capable of reducing major bleeding in patients with AFib undergoing invasive procedures. The sub-analysis examined a total of 920 procedures across 441 patients taking either abelacimab or rivaroxaban, with approximately 1-in-3 patients undergoing an invasive procedure over a median follow-up of 2.1 years. Researchers […]
