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The number of companies active in marketing and/or developing products in surgical sealants, glues, wound closure and anti-adhesion is testimony to the opportunity in this growth arena.

Below is a selection of companies profiled in the December 2008 report:

3DM, Inc. (3D-Matrix, Ltd.), Abbott Vascular, AccessClosure, Inc., Adhezion Biomedical, LLC , Advanced Medical Solutions , Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Anika Therapeutics, Inc., ARC Pharmaceuticals Inc., Arch Therapeutics (formerly Clear Nano Solutions), ArthroCare Corporation, B. Braun Melsungen AG, Bard Medical Division, CR Bard, Baxter International Inc., Bayer Schering Pharma, BD (Becton Dickinson and Company), Biiosyntech Inc., Biocoral Inc, Biogentis, Inc., BIOSTER a.s., Cardiovascular Sciences, Inc., Cardiva Medical, Inc., Ceremed, Inc., Chemence Ltd., Cohera Medical, Inc., Collagen Matrix, Inc., Covidien, CryoLife, Inc., CSIRO PhotoMedical Technologies, CSL Behring, CSMG, Inc., CuraMedical BV, DePuy, Inc., Entegrion, Ethicon, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, FibroGen, Inc., Fidia Advanced Biopolymers SpA, Flamel Technologies SA, Focal, Inc., Forticell Bioscience, FzioMed, Inc., GEM s.r.l., Genzyme Biosurgery, GluStitch, Inc., Haemacure Corporation, Harvest Technologies Corporation, HemCon, Inc., Hemostasis LLC, Henkel Loctite Corp., HyperBranch Medical Technology, Inc., Innovasa Corporation, Integra Lifesciences Corporation, Interpore Cross International, Isto Technologies, Inc., I-Therapeutix, Inc., Kaketsuken (Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute), Kensey Nash Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Health Care, King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., LifeBond, Ltd., Lifecore Biomedical Inc., Marine Polymer Technologies, Medafor, Inc., MedTrade Products, Meyer-Haake GmbH Medical Innovations, Morris Innovative, Neose Technologies, Nycomed Pharma AS, Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Inc., Organogenesis, Inc., Pharming Group NV, Plasma Technologies, Inc., PlasmaSeal LLC, Pluromed, Inc., Polyganics, BV, ProFibrix BV, Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc., Radi Medical Systems AB, Scion Cardio-Vascular, Inc., Sea Run Holdings, Smith & Nephew Plc , Sutura Inc., Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., Teleflex Medical, ThermoGenesis Corp., Therus Corporation, Thrombotargets Corp., Tissuemed Ltd., TraumaCure, Inc., TyRx Pharma, Inc. , Vascular Solutions, Inc. , Vectura Group plc , Vivostat A/S, Z-Medica Corp. The MedMarket Diligence report #S175, "Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues and Wound Closure Market, 2009-2013," is described at this link including details on the advanced purchase discount.


For a complete listing of MedMarket Diligence reports, see link.  See also the Medtech Startups Database.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

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