MISSISSAUGA, ON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Vasogen Inc. (NASDAQ:VSGN - News; TSX:VAS - News), a leader in the research and commercial development of technologies targeting the chronic inflammation underlying cardiovascular and neurological disease, today announced that new data from the 2,400-patient ACCLAIM trial of Celacade in chronic heart failure, showed that the average days spent in hospital for cardiovascular cause was reduced by 32% in a prime heart failure target population, consisting of New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II-IV non-ischemic cardiomyopathy patients, characterized as having no prior history of heart attack, and Class II patients with ischemic heart failure (n=1,305 patients, p=0.013). The results were presented today by Guillermo Torre-Amione MD, PhD, at the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America in Seattle, Washington. Chronic heart failure is estimated to cost the healthcare system $25 billion annually in the U.S., and recurring hospitalizations are the major cost driver.
