PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Cohera Medical, Inc.®, a leading innovator and developer of absorbable surgical adhesives and sealants, announced today that it has entered into an exclusive sales and marketing distribution agreement with B. Braun for its TissuGlu® Surgical Adhesive in Germany, Spain and Portugal.
The Agreement outlines a relationship between the two companies wherein B. Braun Surgical, S.A. will exclusively market and sell TissuGlu in the territories of Germany, Spain and Portugal through its existing Closure Technologies commercial teams. TissuGlu has been CE approved and for sale in Germany through a Cohera direct sales force since 2012 and has been used in over 2,000 surgical procedures since that time. TissuGlu is indicated in Europe for the approximation of tissue layers where subcutaneous dead space exists between tissue planes in large flap surgical procedures such as abdominoplasty.
"Cohera is excited to enter the relationship with B. Braun for the marketing of TissuGlu in these European countries," said Patrick Daly, Cohera Medical President and CEO. "We are looking forward to working with such a great organization and to making our breakthrough TissuGlu product available to more surgeons and patients in Europe."
TissuGlu is designed to meet surgeons' need for a strong, biocompatible, and easy-to-use surgical adhesive. TissuGlu is targeted for use in large flap procedures in which drains are used to control fluid output and seroma formation. TissuGlu is currently being utilized in Europe to eliminate drains or reduce complications in patients undergoing large flap surgical procedures such as abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), mastectomy, lymph node dissection, decubitus and latissimus dorsi flap procedures. Over 2,000 procedures have been conducted with TissuGlu bringing great benefit to patients, surgeons, and caregivers.
