Debrief: Association for The Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) 2019 Pressure Ulcer Summit [Video]

The Association for The Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) has just wrapped up its pressure ulcer summit in Atlanta, Georgia.  Highlights included: The patient journey International participation and sharing of approaches (Switzerland, UK, Ireland, Mexico, and others) A pressure ulcer workshop Technical and scientific discussions Challenges and opportunities across the continuum of care Advocacy for … Read More

Investing in Advanced Wound Care? Avoid These 3 Costly Mistakes

We are frequently tapped by analysts, fund managers, investment banks, and other financial and investment professionals–from small independent funds through the largest global institutions. At the same time, our engagements are also filled by biotech, medtech, life sciences, and digital health executives, as well as provider and clinic networks, payers, hospitals, IDNs, and other healthcare … Read More

Urgo’s M&A of SteadMed: Here’s What You Need to Know

There has just been another significant wound care acquisition. French MNC Urgo Medical just announced the M&A of Texas-based SteadMed Medical. The resulting entity will be known as Urgo Medical North America. If you’re an advanced wound care stakeholder inside North America, you may be wondering, “Who is Urgo Medical?” If you’re an advanced wound … Read More

Were You Caught off Guard by the Healogics iSupply Announcement This Week?

What happened? The latest wound care development is the new Healogics iSupply program, announced this week.  Highlights of the initiative include: Special pricing on many/most categories of wound care and related regenerative medicine products. Leverage of outcomes and utilization management data. Quarterly product/supply reporting initiatives. Potential for future evolution based on the Healogics database and … Read More

Why Mölnlycke’s Acquisition of SastoMed Is a Big Deal

What happened? Today (2018.07.02), Mölnlycke Health Care announced its acquisition of SastoMed GmbH. Mölnlycke is of course known in the industry as a top global wound care (also wound prevention and surgical) product brand, particularly in Europe and the United States. SastoMed, a much smaller German firm, was a subsidiary of SanderStrothmann GmbH, a company which assesses, formulates, … Read More

What the Recent Healogics Developments Can Teach Us About the Future of Wound Care

The situation Last week (15 Nov 2017), David Bassin (Healogics’ former CFO), was appointed as the company’s new CEO. As the world’s biggest wound management firm and provider of wound services, Healogics has both a massive network and a huge volume of wound care and outcomes data. Understandably, healthcare executives, analysts, and investors watching this space have … Read More