Curamedical

CuraMedical BV is a medical device company operating in the wound management sector and based in the Netherlands. The key strategic goals of CuraMedical are the manufacture and marketing of haemostatic agents and cytological biopsy instruments. CuraMedical’s mission is “To become a leading medical device company specializing in the supply of value-added products in wound management and diagnostics, contributing to public healthcare and focussing on leading edge technology products which are manufactured at a competitive price”. CuraMedical entered the healthcare business in 1995 manufacturing and marketing Curaspon®, an absorbable haemostatic agent based on pharmaceutical gelatin. Nowadays Curaspon® is distributed to more than 60 countries world wide.
Curacel® is a sterile absorbable knitted fabric, prepared by the controlled oxidation of regenerated cellulose.

King Pharmaceuticals Acquires License from Gelita Medical to Hemostatic Products

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:KG) and Gelita Medical BV announced today that the companies have entered into an exclusive license agreement relating to Gelita’s absorbable gelatin hemostatic products.

Pursuant to the agreement, King received an exclusive license to market, distribute and sell Gelita’s absorbable gelatin sponge in the U.S. Gelita will manufacture and supply the hemostatic product to King under the agreement. King’s THROMBIN-JMI® (thrombin, topical, bovine, USP), a topical active hemostatic agent, is often used by surgeons together with a variety of passive hemostatic agents, including absorbable gelatin sponges.

Brian A. Markison, President and Chief Executive Officer of King, stated, “The addition of Gelita’s absorbable gelatin hemostatic agents to our product line will further strengthen our expanding portfolio of hospital products. Importantly, this transaction further enhances the wide array of hemostatic options that our hospital sales team of over 110 professionals can offer physicians for the purpose of controlling bleeding during surgery.” Dr. Harrie van Baars, CEO of Gelita Medical, stated, “With King we have attracted an excellent and well focused marketing partner for our products in the U.S. market.”

King plans to begin marketing Gelita’s absorbable gelatin sponge in the U.S. after the product receives approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use during surgery. The license also provides King an exclusive option to acquire U.S. commercialization rights to any new hemostatic products developed by Gelita. The companies did not provide financial details relating to the transaction.

Dr. Harrie Van Baars of the Netherlands, CEO Gelita Medical, was previously CEO of Curamedical he also is also linked to company CircumventBV and the circumcision device the Smartklamp
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