Avista to acquire Organogenesis

Avista Healthcare Public Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, and Organogenesis Inc., a leading regenerative medicine company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of product solutions for the Advanced Wound Care, Surgical and Sports Medicine markets, today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement, under which Organogenesis will…

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MolecuLight’s First-of-its-kind Handheld Wound Imaging Device Receives FDA De Novo Clearance

MolecuLight Inc. achieved a major regulatory milestone permitting expansion into the United States market. FDA has granted De Novo clearance for the ground-breaking wound fluorescence imaging device, the MolecuLight i:X. The device digitally captures and documents fluorescence information from wounds and surrounding tissue using still images and videos in real-time. This product is optimized for use at the point-of-care. It…

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Innovative Bedside Biologic Maker RedDress Receives 510(k) for RD1 System

RedDress Ltd announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its RD1 system. RD1 is an innovative wound care product which enables health care providers to produce in real time, in vitro whole blood clots, for use as a chronic wound care product. It has been developed to…

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Implantable Organ Developer Miromatrix Raises Additional $15.7M in Series B Funding

July 12, 2018 – Press Release by Miromatrix Medical Miromatrix Medical Inc. is excited to announce it recently raised $15.7 million in Series B-2 funding, surpassing its goal of $10 million. As part of the round, Miromatrix also welcomed its first large strategic investor, a multibillion-dollar health care company. The additional funding supports the company’s…

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MiMedx CEO and President Out Amid Corporate Turmoil

MiMedx, the Marietta biopharma company rocked by allegations of inflated earnings and improper sales practices, said Monday the company’s longtime chairman and CEO has resigned. Parker H. “Pete” Petit, a fixture in metro Atlanta’s business community, resigned both as CEO and chairman, though he will remain a member of the MiMedx board, the company said in…

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First Jellyfish-based biologics manufacturer receives funding

Jellagen, a pioneer in marine biotechnologies based in Wales, has closed a £3.8m funding round led by Newable Private Investing, the Development Bank of Wales, and Angel Investors. Newable Private Investing is one of the UK’s leading private investment groups, providing support to cutting-edge start-ups. As the first commercial manufacturer of next-generation jellyfish collagen for…

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Graphene spikes on implants can kill harmful bacteria

Photo: Johan Bodell

A tiny layer of graphene flakes becomes a deadly weapon and kills bacteria, stopping infections during procedures such as implant surgery. This is the findings of new research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, recently published in the scientific journal Advanced Materials Interfaces. ​Operations for surgical implants, such as hip and knee replacements or dental…

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AirAlle Medical Device for Head Lice

Head Lice

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, April 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lynn Smith spent most of her career marketing advances in medical technology as a sales and business development executive for biotech companies. When the Smith family was confronted with head lice for the first time, and traditional solutions failed, she turned to a proven medical device solution…

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FDA Keeps Contraceptive on Market After it Makes Women Sick

Last month, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb met with a group of women who’ve been knocking on the agency’s door for years. Online, they’re known as E-sisters: women who were implanted with the permanent “non-incisional” contraceptive called Essure, which consists of metal coils that are implanted into the fallopian tubes and contain nickel. The E-sisters…

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Worm’s Living in Woman’s Eye Lead to Interesting Discovery

Worm's Living in Woman's Eye

(CNN) Imagine looking into your irritated eye for a pesky eyelash, only to pull out a translucent, wiggling worm nearly a half inch long. “I looked at it, and it was moving,” recalled 28-year-old Abby Beckley of Grants Pass, Oregon. “And then it died within about five seconds.” Now, imagine doing that not once but 14…

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