Purac acquires the Fiberlive technology from Vivoxid Ltd.
03 August 2012. Back
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Purac announces today that it has
acquired the FiberLive™ technology from Vivoxid Ltd.,
Finland.
The acquisition includes the intellectual property of
the FiberLive™ technology and its key personnel. This acquisition
complements the activities of Purac Biomaterials, which develops,
manufactures and markets resorbable polymers and monomers for
medical applications under the PURASORB® brand name.
FiberLive™ is a unique composite consisting of
resorbable glass fibers and resorbable polymers, forming the
strongest fully resorbable material available today. With the
acquired technology Purac Biomaterials will further strengthen its
position in the resorbable biomedical market, enabling Purac
Biomaterials to develop, manufacture and market new materials with
load bearing properties.
Menno Lammers, Managing Director Purac Biomaterials:
"This technology will be a game changer in the orthopedic
resorbable market, where load bearing properties are needed, such
as trauma and spine applications. The FiberLive™ technology is the
strongest fully resorbable material available for human implants,
with strength up to 6 times higher than cortical bone, comparable
to metal".