Biosensors International Group is a medical device company that specializes in developing, manufacturing and licensing technologies for use in interventional cardiology procedures and critical care. The company was listed in the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (
SGX) in May 2005. The global headquarters of the company are located in
Singapore
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, where the main manufacturing facilities and R&D centers are hosted. The European headquarters are in Morges, Switzerland; this Swiss office is also the
Legal Manufacturer
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of BioMatrix, the current leading product of the company.
BioMatrix is a
drug-eluting stent
A drug-eluting stent (DES) is a peripheral or coronary stent (a scaffold) placed into narrowed, diseased peripheral or coronary arteries that slowly release a drug to block cell proliferation. This prevents fibrosis that, together with clots ...
that utilizes proprietary technologies of Biosensors:
* a biodegradable Poly-Lactic Acid (PLA) polymer (PLA), which degrades into the naturally occurring
lactic acid
Lactic acid is an organic acid. It has a molecular formula . It is white in the solid state and it is miscible with water. When in the dissolved state, it forms a colorless solution. Production includes both artificial synthesis as well as natur ...
* the
Biolimus A9 drug, a highly
lipophilic
Lipophilicity (from Greek λίπος "fat" and φίλος "friendly"), refers to the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats, oils, lipids, and non-polar solvents such as hexane or toluene. Such non-polar solvents are themselves li ...
derivative of
sirolimus
Sirolimus, also known as rapamycin and sold under the brand name Rapamune among others, is a macrolide compound that is used to coat coronary stents, prevent organ transplant rejection, treat a rare lung disease called lymphangioleiomyomatosi ...
* the S-Stent stent platform
* an automated stent coating technology that directly deposits the coating onto the stent surface.
Biosensors has obtained CE Mark for this drug-eluting stent product in January 2008.
To enter the China market, Biosensors has set up a joint-venture with Hong Kong listed Shandong Weigao to market and distribute coronary stents in China.
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Biosensors and Weigao Sign Letter of Intent and Expand Business Collaboration
''Biosensors Investor Relations''
As one of the few companies with proprietary
drug-eluting stent
A drug-eluting stent (DES) is a peripheral or coronary stent (a scaffold) placed into narrowed, diseased peripheral or coronary arteries that slowly release a drug to block cell proliferation. This prevents fibrosis that, together with clots ...
technology, Biosensors also has been obtaining revenue through licensing its technologies to other medical device companies like
Terumo
was founded in 1921 as Red Line Thermometer Corporation by a group of medical scientists led by Dr. Kitasato Shibasaburō to produce medical thermometers in Japan.
The company's first product was "Jintan Taionkei", the first Japanese-made the ...
, and specialty-stent providers like Devax, Inc. and Xtent, Inc.
See also
*
Drug-eluting stent
A drug-eluting stent (DES) is a peripheral or coronary stent (a scaffold) placed into narrowed, diseased peripheral or coronary arteries that slowly release a drug to block cell proliferation. This prevents fibrosis that, together with clots ...
*
Biolimus A9
Notes
External links
Biosensors International Website
Biosensors
Health care companies of Singapore
Companies listed on the Singapore Exchange
Singaporean brands
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