Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it won FDA approval for a clinical trial of its Infuse bone graft in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion spine procedures. The Minneapolis-based company started recruiting for the prospective, randomized pivotal trial, which is slated to enroll up to 1,000 patients. The TLIF trial would be the second clinical trial for Infuse, […]
Regenerative Medicine
Frequency Therapeutics registers $100m IPO
Frequency Therapeutics has registered an initial public offering of common stock worth $100 million. Woburn, Mass.-based Frequency Therapeutics did not disclose the number of shares it seeks to sell or the price range of the offered units. The company applied to the Securities and Exchange Commission have its common stock listed on The Nasdaq Global Market […]
AxoSim touts results of nerve-on-a-chip study
A new study of AxoSim’s Nerve-on-a-Chip technology shows that the platform accurately provides key physiological readouts that could help speed the development of drugs to treat neurological disorders. The study also shows that Nerve-on-a-Chip technology is the first all-human in vitro model that can measure critical factors that were formerly only available using live animal models. These […]
Celling Spine acquires Link Spine
Celling Biosciences subsidiary Celling Spine said today that it acquired the Link Spine assets from Link Orthopedics for an undisclosed amount. Austin, Texas-based Celling Spine said it plans to develop a “biologically enhanced” spinal fusion system using its in-house cell-based biologics and the Link Spine fusion system. “We have always maintained that the future of […]
MiMedx: Ex-managers cooked the books, went after whistleblowers
The former management team at MiMedx (NSDQ:MDXG), led by ex-CEO Parker Petit, allegedly enacted a scheme to cook the books at the regenerative medicine company, retaliated against anyone who questioned their sketchy accounting practices and secretly filmed their offices, according to a probe the company launched after the scheme blew up last year. In February 2018, […]
Report: Vericel to supply Epicel-based grafts for baby born without skin
Vericel (NSDQ:VCEL) is growing skin grafts using its Epicel product to help a baby born in Texas without skin, according to a recent Boston Business Journal report. The company said yesterday that it is creating grafts with its Epicel skin replacement product for newborn Ja’bari Gray, who has been in intensive care since being born earlier […]
Histogenics completes transformation into Ocugen with $7m deal for NeoCart
UPDATED May 14, 2019, with comment from Medavate. Histogenics (NSDQ:HSGX) said today that it completed another step on its transformation into clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Ocugen, with a nearly $7 million deal to sell its NeoCart regenerative knee treatment to Medavate. The $6.5 million all-cash deal, signed May 8, will see all of the NeoCart assets pass […]
Syntellix plans public listing on Singapore exchange
German orthopedic implant maker Syntellix said today that it’s planning an initial public offering on the Singapore Stock Exchange and named a new CFO. Syntellix makes screws and pins from a magnesium-based material it developed, called Magnezix, that’s designed to be resorbed and converted into bone over time. Its products are approved in Mexico, Vietnam […]
Vericel inks licensing deal for MediWound’s NexoBrid, posts Q1 earnings
Vericel (NSDQ:VCEL) said yesterday it inked an exclusive U.S. licensing and supply agreement with MediWound (NSDQ:MDWD) for its NexoBrid biological product, and reported first quarter earnings that missed expectations on Wall Street. The NexoBrid is a topically-administered product intended to enzymatically remove nonviable burn tissue in patients with deep partial and full-thickness thermal burns. The product has […]
Misonix puts up $97m in stock for Solsys Medical
Misonix (NSDQ:MSON) said yesterday that it put $97 million in stock on the table for Solsys Medical, formerly Soluble Systems, and its TheraSkin regenerative wound dressing. The deal calls for Farmingdale, N.Y.-based Misonix to issue 5.7 million new shares to Solsys stockholders, which would leave MSON investors owning 64% of the new company and former Solsys […]
Smith & Nephew closes Osiris Therapeutics, Leaf Healthcare buys
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) said today that it closed both its $660 million acquisition of Osiris Therapeutics (NSDQ:OSIR) and its purchase of Leaf Healthcare and its Leaf Patient Monitoring System. The London-based company said that it paid $19 per share in cash for Osiris, which develops and produces regenerative medicine products including skin, bone grafts and articular […]