One of the world’s largest medical device contract manufacturers, Phillips-Medisize is making a business play to provide the technological back end for connected drug delivery devices. Phillips-Medisize used to be all about the housings, assembly and packaging that went into finished drug-delivery devices. Electronics was something that other contract manufacturers did. Within a few years, […]
Phillips-Medisize is expanding in Wisconsin
Phillips-Medisize, a Molex company, has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in Hudson, Wis., on the eastern end of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. The 34-acre location at the St. Croix Meadows development will support at least 230,000 square feet of manufacturing space for FDA-regulated medical device products, Phillips-Medisize announced yesterday. After construction is complete […]
Senseonics extends distribution agreement with Roche Diabetes Care
Senseonics Holdings (NYSE-American: SENS) — maker of an implantable continuous glucose monitoring system for people with diabetes — has extended its distribution agreement with Roche Diabetes Care. The agreement extension, announced yesterday, has Roche continuing as Senseonics’ exclusive distributor in Europe, the Middle East and Africa — excluding Scandinavia and Israel. The agreement also adds 17 […]
How Covestro polycarbonate is enabling syringe innovation
Covestro officials are boasting how their Apec 1745 high heat polycarbonate was the material of choice for Gerresheimer AG’s new tamper-evident luer lock closure for syringes. In the growing prefilled syringes market, the adapter for screwing in the needle and the syringe cap plays a key role when it comes to ensuring ease of use and reliable dosage, […]
Tela Bio raises more than $2 million
Regenerative surgical implants company Tela Bio has brought in more than $2 million in investments, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The Malvern, Pa.–based company had sought to raise a total $3 million, according to the SEC Form D filed Dec. 4. Privately-held Tela Bio announced in March that it landed a $1 […]
Gerresheimer revenues up 6.7% in Q3
Gerresheimer AG’s revenue grew 6.7% year-over-year during its third quarter — with adjusted earnings up 2% — as medical plastic systems continued to be a revenue growth driver, especially due to the company’s U.S. inhaler project. “Our business is pulling ahead as expected: The third quarter went well. We are consequently confirming our revenue guidance for this […]
PCI Pharma Services to buy Sherpa Clinical Packaging
PCI Pharma Services has agreed to acquire clinical supply services provider Sherpa Clinical Packaging, the companies announced today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. San Diego–based Sherpa is a provider of clinical trial material management services for clinical studies phases I through IV, with expertise in packaging, labeling, distribution, storage and returns and […]
MiMedx top brass resign amid internal accounting investigation
MiMedx CEO Parker H. “Pete” Petit and COO and President William C. “Bill” Taylor have resigned as a board-directed independent investigation continues into accounting practices, Marietta, Ga.–based MiMedx (Nasdaq: MDXG) announced today. Petit and Taylor’s exit comes after recent departures of MiMedx’s CFO and corporate controller and treasurer. In addition to the resignations of top brass, the […]
DreaMed Diabetes wins FDA authorization to market insulin therapy management platform
DreaMed Diabetes said today that U.S. FDA has granted a de novo request for DreaMed Advisor Pro, its AI-based diabetes treatment decision support software. The news comes about four months after the Petah Tikva, Israel–based company won CE Mark clearance for the decision-support platform, which is meant to help healthcare professionals manage insulin therapy for people with Type […]
FDA launches medical device innovation challenge to combat opioid crisis
The U.S. FDA today announced that it has launched an innovation challenge to encourage the development of medical devices to help reduce the country’s opioid abuse crisis. The hope is that the challenge will result in new medtech including digital health technologies and diagnostic tests to help detect, treat and prevent addiction, according to FDA. Go […]