Viveve 2.0 system and its consumable treatment tips can now be sold in over 30 countries in addition to the United States
ENGLEWOOD, CO / ACCESSWIRE / April 11, 2019 / Viveve Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVE), a medical technology company focused on women's intimate health, today announced that the company received CE Mark clearance for its next generation Viveve 2.0 cryogen-cooled monopolar radiofrequency (CMRF) system and tips in the European Union.
"As part of our ongoing regulatory strategy to expand the commercial launch of our Viveve 2.0 platform globally, we're extremely pleased that our next generation system and its consumable treatment tips are now available in over 30 countries in Europe. Our 2.0 platform has significantly reduced manufacturing costs for both the next generation system and for the consumable tips since becoming available in the U.S. and it should have a positive impact on our overall gross margins going forward," said Scott Durbin, Viveve's chief executive officer and director.
The company is also providing an update on it's core activities: Revenue for the recently completed first quarter will be reported in early May and is anticipated to be in-line with expectations. Final clinical data from LIBERATE-International in stress urinary incontinence is expected in late July 2019. The VIVEVE II trial for improved sexual function in women is fully enrolled and results are expected in April 2020. These trials represent major clinical milestones for Viveve and if successful can expand the company's commercial opportunities significantly.
About Viveve
Viveve Medical, Inc. is a medical technology company focused on women's intimate health. Viveve is committed to advancing new solutions to improve women's overall well-being and quality of life. The internationally patented Viveve® System incorporates CMRF technology to uniformly deliver volumetric heating while gently cooling surface tissue to generate neocollagenesis in a single in-office session.
International regulatory approvals and clearances have been received for vaginal laxity and/or improvement in sexual function indications in over 50 countries. Viveve is conducting VIVEVE II, a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial to assess improvement of sexual function in women following vaginal childbirth. Completion of full 250 subject enrollment was announced in early March 2019. If successful, VIVEVE II results could support a marketing application for a new U.S. commercial indication. Currently, in the United States, the Viveve® System is cleared by the FDA for use in general surgical procedures for electrocoagulation and hemostasis.
Viveve has fully enrolled LIBERATE-International, one of two planned independent, multicenter, randomized registration trials for the improvement of stress urinary incontinence in women and plans to re-submit an IDE to the FDA for LIBERATE-U.S. after conducting certain safety testing. The results of these two trials, if successful, could support marketing applications in the U.S. and in over 35 countries around the world for this new commercial indication.
For more information visit Viveve's website at www.viveve.com.
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