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BioCardia Cell Therapy for Ischemic Heart Failure to Progress to Formal Clinical Consultation with Japan PMDA
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCardia®, Inc. [NASDAQ: BCDA], a developer of cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, announces it has completed a third preliminary clinical consultation with Japan’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Agency (PMDA) on our CardiAMP Cell Therapy intended for treatment of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF). The meeting was held in further preparation for formal clinic
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