Mallinckrodt‘s (NYSE: MNK) Stratatech today received FDA approval for its StrataGraft for treating adult patients with thermal burns. The Bedminister, N.J.-based company designed StrataGraft to treat thermal burns that have intact dermal elements, or remaining deep skin layers, for which surgical intervention is clinically indicated. “Serious burns can be an incredibly difficult injury to treat and can […]
Regenerative Medicine
MIT, Indian researchers grow tiny brains in 3D-printed bioreactor
Scientists in Cambridge, Mass. and Chennai, India, are touting self-organizing brain tissue growth in a 3D-printed system. Published results in Biomicrofluidics highlight the work of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Indian Institute of Technology Madras scientists, who have grown small amounts of the self-organizing brain tissue, known as organoids, in a tiny 3D-printed system that […]
Magenta Therapeutics rises on Street-beating Q4
Magenta Therapeutics (NSDQ:MGTA) shares ticked up today on fourth-quarter earnings that topped the consensus forecast. The Cambridge, Mass.-based stem cell transplantation technology developer posted losses of -$18.2 million, or -38¢ per share for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2020, marking a 21.8% bottom-line gain. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business […]
Could this hydrogel repair a broken heart?
European researchers have developed an injectable hydrogel that could help repair and prevent further heart muscle damage after a heart attack. The therapeutic effect of multiple injections of this hydrogel into the cardiac tissue was assessed during the first preclinical study of its kind, demonstrating its efficacy for cardiac tissue remodeling following a heart attack, […]
Locate Bio lands FDA breakthrough nod for bone infection device
Regenerative medicine company Locate Bio announced today that the FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to a bone graft/antibiotic combination designed to combat chronic bone infection, also known as osteomyelitis. Osteomyelitis is a progressive, inflammatory infection of the bone, usually caused by bacteria and is estimated to account for up to 50% of all non-trauma […]
Fibralign wins CE mark for BioBridge tissue repair device
Stanford spin-out Fibralign announced that it received CE Mark approval in Europe for its BioBridge collagen matrix. Union City, Calif.-based Fibralign’s BioBridge has been designated as a Class III device with an indication for use in supporting lymphatic tissue repair and can be used after or in conjunction with surgical procedures addressing lymphedema, according to […]
Rosens Diversified is acquiring Collagen Solutions
Rosen’s Diversified today agreed to a deal to acquire the entire issued and to-be-issued ordinary share capital of Collagen Solutions (LON:COS). Rosen’s Diversified (RDI) is a Fairmont, Minn.-based food production, agrichemical and distribution company that is already Collagen Solutions’ largest shareholder, according to a news release. Collagen Solutions, which has a U.K. headquarters and operates out […]
Fibralign partners with Terumo
Stanford spin-out Fibralign announced today that it entered into a long-term distributor agreement with Terumo for the BioBridge collagen matrix. The agreement is set to see Terumo market and distribute BioBridge collagen matrix, which is used to treat and prevent secondary lymphedema, in Japan. BioBridge is a sterile, implantable, biocompatible and biodegradable surgical mesh made […]
Revian announces patent for LED hair-loss prevention tech
Revian announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued the company a patent to use proprietary color combinations of light to regenerate living tissue in the body — including hair. The patent covers the use of specific wavelengths of LED light to stimulate the body’s cellular generation of nitric oxide as well […]
The 10 greatest medtech advances of the 2010s
From disposable endoscopes to TAVR to robotic surgery, there’s a whole host of medtech advances widely available now that weren’t around much 10 years ago. “In terms of technological advances, I would put this past decade as one of the most important for medical technology. From connected devices and robotics, to advances in material sciences […]
Mayo Clinic, W.L. Gore team up on stem cell therapy treatments
Mayo Clinic and W. L. Gore & Associates have announced a partnership to develop implantable cell therapies to treat debilitating conditions with no cure. The for-profit company, Avobis Bio, will combine a patient’s own stem cells with bioabsorbable scaffolds to stimulate the healing of perianal fistulas, painful tunneling wounds that affect patients with Crohn’s disease. […]
