Medical device industry suppliers and outsourcers are helping to enable the latest drug-delivery tech. Drug-eluting technologies are moving beyond stents, thanks in part to the development of polymeric hydrogels engineered to respond to a range of different physical and chemical stimuli. Medtech innovators have figured out how to use hydrogels as components of micro-shells or […]
Lubrizol LifeSciences
Sientra inks contract manufacturing deal with Lubrizol’s Vesta
Sientra (NSDQ:SIEN) said today that it inked a contract manufacturing deal for its breast implants with Lubrizol LifeSciences subsidiary Vesta. Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Sientra was off the market for 4 months after Brazilian regulators shut down production last year at its sole supplier. The company, which was back on the market March 1, was stymied […]
