Integra LifeSciences today announced it launched its MicroMatrix Flex dual-syringe system for urinary bladder matrix (UBM) access. The Princeton, N.J.-based company designed MicroMatrix Flex to enable the convenient mixing and precise delivery of MicroMatrix paste to provide more convenient access to hard-to-reach spaces in wound management. “MicroMatrix Flex has allowed me to expand how I […]
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Integra LifeSciences CEO Jan De Witte to retire
Integra LifeSciences announced today that President and CEO Jan De Witte informed the board of his intention to retire. De Witte plans to retire following the appointment of a successor. Integra anticipates that appointment to come by the end of 2024. Additionally, the company appointed Stuart Essig, Integra chair, to the role of executive chair, […]
Integra Lifesciences announces a plant closure
Integra Lifesciences is closing its ACell plant in Lafayette, Indiana, letting go of almost all of the workers. Princeton, New Jersey–based Integra informed the Indiana Department of Workforce Development in a Feb. 13 WARN notice that the closure will result in a layoff of 60 workers — 52 on April 26 and eight on May […]
Integra LifeSciences to buy Johnson & Johnson’s Acclarent and its ENT tech
Integra LifeSciences announced today that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Acclarent from Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Acclarent, part of J&J MedTech’s Ethicon unit, enhances Integra’s position in the ear, nose and throat (ENT) treatment market. Integra already offers the MicroFrance line of ENT instruments. The company believes that, upon closing, the deal […]
Integra Lifesciences hit with FDA warning letter over Boston facility
The FDA says Integra Lifesciences has inadequately responded to violations that it found at the company’s TEI Biosciences plant in Boston. Integra Lifesciences’ Boston facility makes extracellular bovine matrix products for tissue repair and regeneration, wound care and more. In May, the company voluntarily recalled all tissue-related products made in Boston and distributed between March 1, […]
Integra Lifesciences expects to resume manufacturing in Boston
Integra LifeSciences (NASDAQ: IART) recently announced that it plans to resume manufacturing in its Boston facility by the end of the fourth quarter. Just two months before, Integra voluntarily recalled all tissue-related products made in Boston and distributed between March 1, 2018 and May 22, 2023. The recalled products included SurgiMend, PriMatrix, Revize and TissueMend. […]
Integra Lifesciences completes enrollment in DuraSorb monofilament mesh IDE study
Integra LifeSciences announced that it completed enrollment ints U.S. DuraSorb trial. The FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical study evaluates DuraSorb in two-stage breast reconstruction. The bioabsorbable matrix-based monofilament mesh currently has FDA clearance to reinforce soft tissue where weakness exists. Princeton, New Jersey-based Integra said its study marks the first and only active, multi-center […]
Integra Lifesciences names Lea Daniels Knight as CFO
Integra LifeSciences this week announced it appointed Lea Daniels Knight as executive Vice President and chief financial officer, effective June 28. Knight has more than 30 years of experience in global companies with significant operating scale and complexity. She most recently was executive VP of business finance for Booz Allen Hamilton, where she was responsible […]
Integra LifeSciences stock takes a hit despite Street-beating Q1
Integra LifeSciences shares dipped today despite first-quarter results that beat the consensus revenue forecast. Shares of IART slid 8.5% to $53.84 apiece as the market opened today. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — fell 1.4%. BTIG analyst Ryan Zimmerman said an implied set-up for the […]
Integra stock dips despite Street-beating Q4
Integra LifeSciences (Nasdaq:IART) shares fell slightly today despite fourth-quarter results that topped the consensus forecast. Shares of IART dipped 1.25% to $56 apiece in mid-morning trading today. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — rose 8.7%. The Princeton, New Jersey-based surgical and medical instrument maker posted […]
Integra Lifesciences’ CFO is leaving for the soup business
Integra Lifesciences CFO Carrie Anderson is leaving to take a job at another New Jersey–based company, but it’s not a medtech business. Campbell Soup Co. announced today that Anderson will become its EVP and CFO, effective Feb. 6. She succeeds Mick Beekhuizen, who became president of the Camden, New Jersey–based company’s Meals & Beverages division […]