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CartiHeal exits for half a billion

Posted on September 9, 2021

US giant Bioventus is acquiring Israel’s CartiHeal (see here previously) for $500 million. The decision came after a pivotal clinical trial of CartiHeal’s Agili-C knee cartilage implant. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3916642,00.html

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Exits, takeovers, and mergers – to 26/11/23

Posted on November 26, 2023

UK’s Smith & Nephew is acquiring Israeli implant company CartiHeal for around £350 million.

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Knee implant makes US debut

Posted on August 20, 2023

The Agili-C knee implant from Israel’s Cartiheal has just been used for the first time in the United States. Dr. Ken Zaslav, a specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at Northwell Health in New York, was the first physician … Continue reading →

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Where are they now?

Posted on January 9, 2022

This article explains what happened to Israeli startups Argo (Rewalk), Better Place, Brainsway, CartiHeal, Cupron, IceCure, Insightec, Kamada, MediWound, Moovit, Paulee, Powermat, Pythagoras Solar, Seambiotic, Urban Aeronautics and more. Even some of the failures have happy endings. https://www.israel21c.org/where-are-they-now-the-startups-that-succeeded-or-failed-over-the-last-20-years/

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Successful trials for knee cartilage replacement

Posted on August 15, 2021

Israel’s CartiHeal (see here previously) has just announced successful results in the two-year trial of its Agili-C implant for 251 patients with damaged knee cartilage. Over 77% of patients said their condition had improved, compared to 33% of those who … Continue reading →

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Knee cartilage implant is a breakthrough

Posted on November 8, 2020

Israel’s CartiHeal (reported here previously) has received US FDA breakthrough device designation for its Agili-C implant. Agili-C has been implanted in over 500 study patients with knee, ankle and big toe cartilage lesions in trials at leading centers in Europe … Continue reading →

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First Israeli coral-based knee replacement

Posted on August 12, 2018

I reported previously (see here) about Israeli startup CartiHeal which invented the Agili-C knee implant that uses coral-derived material to repair damaged knee cartilage. Doctors at Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital have just performed the first Israeli Agili-C surgery. https://www.jns.org/patient-receives-new-knee-made-from-coral-thanks-to-israeli-startup/

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Cartilage regeneration aims for FDA approval

Posted on May 14, 2017

Israeli bone regeneration biotech CartiHeal has raised $18.3 million to fund a trial that will help it achieve US FDA approval for its cartilage regeneration technology.  CartiHeal already has CE (European) marketing approval. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-bone-regeneration-co-cartiheal-raises-183m-1001187527

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Nearly 200 cartilage regenerations

Posted on January 24, 2016

Israel’s CartiHeal has now implanted its Agili-C cartilage regenerator into nearly 200 damaged knees since the biotech was founded in 2009 (see here for previous newsletters). CartiHeal has just raised $15 million to expand trials prior to a planned European … Continue reading →

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Re-growing cartilage

Posted on August 25, 2013

CartiHeal – Israel’s developer of cartilage regeneration technology – was awarded the distinguished “2012 Incubator Company Excellence Award” from Israel’s Chief Scientist. CartiHeal is running a clinical study in leading European medical centers with very promising results. http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/Pages/news/cartiheal_2012.aspx

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