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Technology platforms and clinical applications overlap

Diverse technologies have a surprising number of common threads, whether in the technologies themselves or in the clinical applications.  For this reason, manufacturers need to consider that: 1. A technology platform can be the launchpad for products in clinically diverse areas. Case in point, cell therapy, which as a fundamental scientific discipline can have uses [...]

Wound closure, sealants, other securement sales in the Americas

Taken together, the Americas represent some 60% of the global market for surgical securement (sealants, glues, hemostasis, wound closure, anti-adhesion), led by the United States with more than 50%. The relative success of each product type varies between these markets, dominated by traditional sutures and staples, but with sealants rapidly penetrating and gaining share. Source: [...]

Geographic breakdown of surgical sealants and high strength glues markets

High strength glues and surgical sealants, with worldwide market growth rates at, respectively, about 14% and 18%, represent the highest growth segments in the worldwide wound management market, otherwise comprised of sutures/stapes, tapes, hemostasis and anti-adhesion products. Below is the geographic segmentation of the worldwide market for these products, dominated by the U.S. and Europe. [...]

New Wound Closures Get Seal of Approval

From January 2008 issue of MedMarkets, with excerpts from Report #S145, "Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues & Wound Closure, 2007-2011."  This report has beeen updated by Report #S175, with forecasts for 2009-1013. The market for surgical sealants is expected to grow in double digits over the next five years as aging populations drive increases in caseloads [...]