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Pleural Dynamics reports positive data for automatic effusion shunt

Pleural Dynamics today announced positive results from a prospective, multicenter study evaluating its ACES device.

Study Demonstrates Significant Reduction in Pleural Effusion Volume Using Pleural Dynamics’ ACES Fully-Implantable System

Pleural Dynamics, Inc. today announced positive results from a prospective, multicenter study evaluating its Automatic ...
ascopubs.org

Ambulatory serial drainage of ascitis or pleural effusion by a multiperforated catheter port system.

CALGB 170601: A phase III double blind trial of duloxetine to treat painful chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting I.
FierceBiotech

FDA expands indication for BD's system to treat pleural effusion

The FDA has cleared Becton Dickinson’s catheter system for the treatment of non-malignant, recurrent causes of pleural effusion, or the collection of fluid next to the lungs. This clearance expanded ...
Business Wire

Pleural Dynamics Announces Completion of Enrollment of “The ACES Study for Aseptic Pleural Effusions,” a Post Market Study Evaluating the Novel ACES Automatic Continuous ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pleural Dynamics, a medical device company that is building solutions for recurrent fluid collections in the body, announced today that the final patient in “The ACES™ ...
Business Wire

Taiho and Lung Therapeutics Enter Into an Exclusive License Agreement in Japan for LTI-01, Treatment for Loculated Pleural Effusions

TOKYO & AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, (“Taiho”) and Lung Therapeutics, Inc. (“Lung Tx”) announced today an exclusive license agreement of LTI-01, a recombinant human ...
MedPage Today

Medical Thoracoscopy Not the Only Good Way to Biopsy Complex Pleural Effusion

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Healio

Indwelling pleural catheter for malignant pleural effusions reduces care costs

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The average health care cost per patient in the indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) group was $40,179 vs. $46,640 ...
FierceBiotech

Lung Therapeutics raises $36M to trial pleural effusion drug

Lung Therapeutics has raised a $36 million series C round to take a treatment for a serious complication of pneumonia through phase 2 studies. Texas-based Lung Therapeutics is built on the research of ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Recurrent Malignant Pleural Effusions

IT is the unfortunate lot of some patients dying of metastatic cancer of the breast, lung, cervix and so forth to be plagued by severe dyspnea due to recurrent malignant pleural effusions. Many of ...
Medscape

Pulmonary Complications of Cirrhosis

Pleural effusions complicate end-stage liver disease in 5% of patients. [5,6] Effusions (defined as 500 mL or more of fluid within the pleural space) are typically right-sided. [7,8] No ...