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MassDevice Q & A: Claret Medical ’ s Azin Parhizgar on trying to make TAVR safer
Cerebral protection developer Claret Medical recently won FDA de novo clearance for its Sentinel device designed to trap blood clots and prevent stroke during heart valve replacement procedures. The Sentinel uses a pair of filters, 1 in the brachiocephalic artery another in the left common carotid artery, to trap debris released during transcatheter aortic valve replacement that could cause a cerebral embolism. The device has seen a rough road to approval, however, after missing the primary efficacy endpoint in its pivotal trial. Despite that, the device saw nearly unanimous support from an FDA advisory panel and was c...
Source: Mass Device - June 12, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Neurological Surgical Vascular Claret Medical Inc. Source Type: news

Janssen Submits Application to U.S. FDA for New Indication to Expand Use of XARELTO ® (rivaroxaban) in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
RARITAN, NJ, October 26, 2020 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today it has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new indication to expand the use of XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). If approved, this new indication for the XARELTO® vascular dose (2.5 mg twice daily plus aspirin 75-100 mg once daily) would include reducing the risk of major thrombotic vascular events such as heart attack, stroke and amputation in patients after recent lower-extremity revascularization, a c...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - October 26, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news