Ventracor Limited (ASX: VCR)(PNK: VTCRY) announced today changes to the Board of Directors. John Massey has retired as a Director and Chairman of the Board. John Ward has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors, and William Curran takes on the role of Chairman of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.
Ventracor Limited (ASX: VCR)(ADR: VTCRY) announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted unconditional approval for the US Destination Therapy Trial of the VentrAssist Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD).
Ventracor (ASX: VCR) announced today the appointment of Professor Mariell Jessup as Cardiology Principal Investigator of the US Destination Therapy Trial of the VentrAssist Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD).
In a landmark study electronically published today in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, a blood test for detecting TB infection, QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT), has been shown to be six times more accurate than the conventional tuberculin skin test (TST) at predicting which tuberculosis (TB)-exposed individuals will go on to develop TB disease. This study has important implications for the worldwide effort to eradicate TB, as accurately indentifying TB-infected individuals allows health authorities to treat them before they develop disease, and the greater accuracy of the new test makes this more efficient as well as cheaper and safer.
Ventracor (ASX: VCR) has implanted the 200th patient with its VentrAssist(tm) Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
Ventracor (ASX: VCR) today announced CE Marking approval for the next version of the VentrAssist(tm) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) which allows it to be marketed and sold in Europe.
Ventracor (ASX: VCR) today announced US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval to use the new version of its VentrAssist(tm) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in its US clinical trial program.
