It’s been more than a decade since Lisa Jennings launched not one but two companies in the Great Recession. In 2020, she sold CirQuest Labs to MLM Medical Labs, where Jennings serves as chief scientific officer and managing director of U.S. operations. More recently, her pre-commercial medtech development startup, Ariste Medical, won FDA 510(k) approval for […]
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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 […]
Medtech stories we missed this week: March 23, 2018
From Medizone’s evaluation deal to Advantis Medical Imaging getting CE Mark approval, here are medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Medizone inks AsepticSure evaluation deal with commercial cleaning products maker Innovasource Medizone announced in a March 22 press release that it has signed a product evaluation agreement with Innovasource. […]
Missouri University researchers use autograft harvesting to treat chronic wounds
Chronic wound sufferers were able to get skin grafts in an outpatient clinic—all through a Missouri University research team’s work. The researchers used the Acelity Cellutome Epidermal Harvesting System. It is an automated, precise and reproducible process that offers minimal pain and less donor-site trauma. It features suction microsomes that harvest epidermal micrografts automatically, eliminating the […]
