Our Opinion

Sunshine Heart is on the Cruelty Free Investing list for exploiting animals because the company does animal testing in developing some of their medical products and clinical analysis.

Supporting Evidence:

The company stated in the following report that they conduct pre-clinical trials of their drugs on animals.

“We have also completed initial animal studies of a next-generation, fully-implantable C-Pulse System, which would eliminate the risk of exit-site infections.” (Page 7) Read the full document

Company Description

Sunshine Heart, Inc. is a medical device company. The Company operates through cardiac and coronary disease products segment. The Company is focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing its C-Pulse Heart Assist System (the C-Pulse System) for treatment of Class III and ambulatory Class IV heart failure.
[Source: Reuters]

Company Website: https://www.sunshineheart.com