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Monthly Archives July 2007

Medical/Surgical Sealants; Worldwide Growth

Surgical sealants and fibrin glues are biologically-based products designed to aid in the process of clot formation. Clotting is the first naturally occurring process in wound repair, and affects many subsequent biochemical processes in the wound healing cascade.
During the wounding event, blood from capillaries at the damaged tissue site seeps out and reacts with tissue [...]

Posted 31 July 2007 † P. Driscoll § biotech § market data § medtech § surgery § wound management ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Drug-Eluting Stents’ Recent Woes Only a Hiccup

(From July 2007 MedMarkets.)
In July, it was reported by Johnson & Johnson that the company’s second quarter U.S. sales of Cypher, its landmark drug-eluting stent, were off 41% from 2006, while non-U.S. sales had fallen by a less precipitous 30%.  Three facts were eminently behind this decline: the late-stage thrombosis problem linked to drug-eluting stents, the irrepressible [...]

Posted 18 July 2007 † P. Driscoll § cardiology § medtech ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,