Cerebral Therapeutics closed a $3 million Series A financing round this week to support the development of its drug-device therapy designed for patients with refractory epilepsy. The Aurora, Co.-based company’s product uses an implanted, refillable catheter system to deliver a continuous, intracerebroventricular dose of an anti-epileptic drug – valproic acid. Investors that contributed to Cerebral […]
Cerebral Therapeutics
Fifth patient treated in Flowonix, Cerebral Therapeutics epilepsy study
Flowonix Medical and Cerebral Therapeutics said today that the fifth patient was successfully treated in its Address trial, which features a micro-infusion device controlling drug delivery to a particular part of the brain in patients with medically refractory epilepsy. The study is the first of its kind, according to the companies. The Address trial is […]
Medtech stories we missed this week: March 24, 2017
From companies receiving CE marking to other companies adjusting their distribution deals, here are medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Viveve Medical closes public offering Viveve Medical announced that it closed its underwritten public offering of 8,625,00 shares of its common stock, according to a March 22 news release. […]
Prometra micro-infusion device used to deliver meds directly to brain in epilepsy trial
Flowonix Medical and Cerebral Therapeutics said today that the 1st patients were implanted with the Prometra II programmable infusion system in a clinical trial evaluating the pump in patients with refractory epilepsy. The Address trial marks the 1st time a programmable, implantable pump has been used to deliver medication, in this case valproate, directly to […]
