ICU Medical (NSDQ:ICUI) said today it inked a long-term distribution deal with B. Braun Medical for ICU’s SwabCap disinfecting cap for needlefree connectors for select countries outside the U.S. San Clemente, Calif.-based ICU Medical’s SwabCap is a disposable cap designed for disinfecting needlefree connectors with 70% isopropyl alcohol when attaching them to an intravenous catheter. “We look […]
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Biotronik’s BioMonitor 2 hits U.K., Ireland
Biotronik said today it launched its BioMonitor 2 subcutaneous insertable cardiac monitor in the U.K. and Ireland. The BioMonitor 2 device is designed for remote monitoring of patients with atrial fibrillation, syncope, bradycardia and tachychardia, Biotronik said. The device uses Biotronik’s ProMRI technology and is approved for full-body MRI scans at 1.5 and 3 tesla […]
SuperSonic Imagine inks distro deal with Sandhill Scientific, releases 2015 earnings
SuperSonic Imagine said today it inked a U.S. distribution deal with Sandhill Scientific to distribute its Aixplorer ShearWave Elastography-equipped ultrasound system designed to assess liver disease, along with releasing its 2015 earnings. Through the agreement, Sandhill will have rights to sell the Aixplorer ultrasound system to gastroenterologists and hepatologists from March 14, while SuperSonic Imagine […]
Avita Medical inks China distro deal with Sinopharm
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) said today it inked an exclusive Chinese distribution deal with Chinese healthcare group Sinopharm. The deal will grant Sinopharm’s MedTech subsidiary exclusive distribution rights for the range of Avita’s medical devices, including regenerative treatments for burns, chronic wounds and skin defects, Avita said. Shares in Avita rose approximately 2% in early day […]
Zimmer Biomet inks deal for CelgenTek bone trauma tech, launches Persona, OsseoTi knee components
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) capped off the American Orthopedic Surgery Society’s annual meeting this week by inking a deal to distribute CelgenTek Innovations Corp.’s bone trauma technology and the launch of new Persona and OsseoTi knee components. The Warsaw, Ind.-based orthopedics juggernaut said the deal with CelgenTek includes that company’s N-Force fixation system and iN3 cement for […]
Avita inks deal with EU distro deal with MSM Medical
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) said today it inked a distribution deal with MSM Medical that will put the company in charge of selling its devices into the German, Austrian and Swiss markets. German-based MSM Medical sells advanced woudn care products in key german speaking territories, and has 8 offices in the country. The agreement came into effect […]
Smith & Nephew inks distro deal with OrthAlign
OrthAlign said today it inked a multi-country agreement with Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) to distribute OrthAlign’s KneeAlign total knee arthroplasty devices. Through the deal, Smith & Nephew gains the rights to distribute the knee replacement as part of its portfolio in 21 countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. “From the region […]
Maquet & Biotronik ink distribution deal for peripheral devices
Getinge‘s (PINK:GETI B) medical subsidiary Maquet Medical Systems USA said today it is partnering with Biotronik to distribute the German firms peripheral vascular devices in the U.S. Maquet will distribute “a range” of Biotronik products designed to treat peripheral artery disease, including its Astron iliac self-expanding stent, Passeo percutaneous transluminal angioplasty balloon products and the […]
Admedus inks exclusive distro deal with Coroneo
Admedus (ASX:AHZ) said today it inked an exclusive distribution agreement with Coroneo to sell its Extra aortic annuloplasty ring ing and other heart valve surgery instruments in Germany and the U.K. Canada-based Coroneo’s Extra aortic ring is designed to repair aortic valves by supporting dystrophic aortic tissue and a downsized dilated valve annulus to restore proper cusp contact. “This […]
C.R. Bard closes $181m Liberator Medical buy
C.R. Bard (NYSE:BCR) said yesterday that it closed the $181 million acquisition of Liberator Medical (NYSE:LBMH), a direct-to-consumer distributor of durable medical equipment. The deal called for Murray Hill, N.J.-based Bard to pay $3.35 per share for Liberator, a 36% premium over Liberator’s 90-day average closing price through Nov. 19, 2015, the day before the deal was […]
Polyganics inks distro deal with MicroAire Surgical Instruments
Polyganics said today it signed an exclusive distribution deal with strategic partner MicroAire Surgical Instruments that will put the company in charge of distributing Polyganics peripheral nerve repair portfolio in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. Polyganics develops, manufactures and sells bioresorbable medical devices used in tissue repair and regenerative procedures, the company said. The […]