Houston medical device startup hires former Abbott exec as CEO

Houston-based Procyrion Inc., which is developing a catheter-deployed micropump to manage chronic heart failure, has hired a new president and CEO, effective immediately.   The board of directors selected Dr. Eric Fain to fill the roles and “accelerate the progression of product development leading to human clinical trials and commercialization” of the heart pump technology, called Aortix, according to a July 23 press release. Previous CEO Benjamin Hertzog rema in with Procyrion in a different…
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