Starts & Stops is a regular feature highlighting Medtech Insight editors' picks of noteworthy medtech clinical trial announcements, initiations, completions, and suspensions each month. This month's edition, covering the period between mid-July and mid-August, includes trials from the biggest medtech players, some start-ups, and companies of every size in between.
This month's edition of Medtech Insight's Starts & Stops shows that technology to repair or replace defective heart valves, either with surgery or catheter-based interventions, remains a hot area of research and development for the major cardiovascular device companies.
Abbott Laboratories Inc. has dominated the minimally-invasive mitral valve repair market with its MitraClip device, a catheter-delivered clip that holds two valve leaflets together to minimize mitral regurgitation. Now...
Medtech Insight spoke with Hubert Martens, CEO of Netherlands-based neuromodulation company Salvia Bioelectronics, about the company’s innovative implant for treating chronic migraines, ongoing clinical trials and plans for US clinical trials and commercialization.
TRiCares presented data from the first-in-human study for its tricuspid valve replacement system – Topaz – at EuroPCR 2025 on 22 May.
A study from Babson Diagnostics published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine showed that capillary blood sample volume issues can overcome historical challenges, such as poor quality, through a technique called assay miniaturization.
The UK has issued clearer guidance to help drug and medical device sponsors demonstrate how they intend to include a diverse and relevant range of participants in their clinical trials.
TRiCares presented data from the first-in-human study for its tricuspid valve replacement system – Topaz – at EuroPCR 2025 on 22 May.
A study from Babson Diagnostics published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine showed that capillary blood sample volume issues can overcome historical challenges, such as poor quality, through a technique called assay miniaturization.
The UK has issued clearer guidance to help drug and medical device sponsors demonstrate how they intend to include a diverse and relevant range of participants in their clinical trials.
