Pharmaceutical manufacturer Julphar said yesterday it inked a deal with BD (NYSE: BDX) to supply disposable insulin pens to the United Arab Emirates. Through the deal, individuals will be able to purchase BD’s Vystra disposable pens featuring Julphar’s human insulin formulations, including its Jusline R, Jusline N and Jusline 30/70. The same system is slated to be […]
Distribution
Valeritas inks distro deal for V-Go device in Austria, Germany
Valeritas (NSDQ:VLRX) said today that it signed an exclusive distribution deal with Med Trust to commercialize its V-Go insulin delivery device in Austria and Germany. According to the terms of the agreement, Valeritas will be responsible for product development, regulatory approval, quality management and manufacturing. Med Trust will take over the sales, marketing and distribution activities […]
Report: Amazon abandons drug distribution and supply plans
Amazon‘s (NSDQ:AMZN) Business division has dropped plans to sell and distribute pharmaceutical products to hospitals, according to a new report from CNBC. The shift comes due to the online mega-retailer being unable to convince large hospital groups to change their purchasing process and break existing deals and relationships with distributors, according to the report. The […]
Valeritas inks distro deal in Australia, New Zealand for V-Go insulin delivery device
Valeritas (NSDQ:VLRX) said today that it inked an exclusive distribution deal with AMSL Diabetes and NZMS Diabetes for the commercialization of its V-Go wearable insulin delivery device in Australia and New Zealand. According to the terms of the agreement, AMSL Diabetes and NZMS Diabetes retain the right to promote, market and sell the V-Go device to clinics and […]
Tandem inks distro deal in Italy for insulin pump
Tandem Diabetes Care (NSDQ:TNDM) has signed a distribution deal with Movi SpA to commercialize Tandem’s t:slim X2 insulin pump in Italy. The San Diego, Calif.-based company said today that Movi is slated to run sales, marketing and customer training for Tandem’s products in Italy, according to the terms of the agreement. “Partnering with experienced insulin pump […]
Reva inks distro deal for bioresorbable scaffolds in Turkey
Reva Medical (ASX:RVA) inked a distribution deal with Kardionet Healthcare & Foreign Trading to launch commercial operations in Turkey for its bioresorbable scaffold tech, the company reported today. According to the terms of the deal, Kardionet will be responsible for sales, marketing, customer training and support for Reva’s Fantom and Fantom Encore bioresorbable devices in Turkey. […]
Smiths Medical inks distro deal for infusion therapy products
Smiths Medical plans to distribute its CADD infusion systems to non-hospital-based providers through a preferred partnership with Medical Specialties Distributors, the company reported today. As part of its new distribution model, Smiths will also make its infusion pumps and sets available to providers outside of the hospital setting through InfuSystem (NYSE:INFU) and Integrated Medical Systems. The […]
Lenis inks distribution deal for needle-free injection system
Lenis Medical and Premier Distributing have inked an exclusive distribution deal for the U.S. sales of its needle-free injection system. Lenis’ high-velocity, spring-loaded device injects medication painlessly into the skin, according to the company. Lenis touted its system as being universally applicable to subcutaneous and intramuscular medications, including steroids, insulin, vaccines and orthopedic drugs. The […]
Reva Medical pursues direct-sales after Boston Scientific distro negotiation deal lapses
Reva Medical (ASX:RVA) said today it will take up direct marketing of its peripheral and vascular scaffolds after Boston Scientific‘s (NYSE:BSX) right to negotiate for exclusive distribution of the products expired. San Diego, Calif.-based Reva said that Boston Scientific had gained the right to negotiate for exclusive distribution rights under a 2007 agreement which would have positioned […]
Medtech stories we missed this week: May 12, 2017
From Bioness’s new distribution deal to InBrace’s launch of new braces technology, here are 7 medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Obalon receives approval to commercialize in Middle East Obalon Therapeutics announced in a May 11 press release that it has received regulatory approvals in select Middle East […]
