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Recent Developments
New product launches
- In November 2021, Sanara MedTech Inc., a medical equipment manufacturer, in collaboration with Cook Biotech Inc., a biotechnology company, announced the launch of Fortify Flowable Extracellular Matrix. Fortify Flowable Extracellular Matrix is an advanced wound care device that presents SIS ECM technology in a way that can fill irregular wound shapes and depths.
- On March 2, 2023, Convatec Inc., a medical device company, received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its InnovaBurn placental extracellular matrix medical device to treat burns and complicated surgical wounds, including second-degree partial-thickness burns.
Acquisition and partnerships
- On February 1, 2023, Baxter, a healthcare company, and Miromatrix Medical Inc., a biotechnology company, announced a partnership to develop a therapy for patients with acute liver failure (ALF). The partners will combine Miromatrix Medical Inc. single-use bioengineered liver with Baxter’s PrisMax system, which is designed to provide individualized therapies to patients.
- June 2, 2022. Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, announced that it had expanded its existing collaboration with Advanced BioMatrix, a biotechnology company. Under the expanded collaboration, Advanced BioMatrix will broaden its current focus of manufacturing and supplying R&D-grade HyStem to the research community to include the development, supply, and/or licensing of clinical/commercial GMP- (Good Manufacturing Practice) grade material for its customers. HyStem is a hydrogel that copies the extracellular matrix that surrounds cells in organs and tissues and is necessary for both tissue structure and cellular activity.