Based on research originally conducted at MIT, Tepha has been purchased by BD for an undisclosed sum.
Tepha, a US-based developer of a resorbable polymer for tissue repair based on research originating at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been acquired by medical technology producer BD.
Financial terms have not been disclosed.
Tepha has created a polymer that is biodegradable while strong enough to for surgical mesh products, including the surgical scaffolds sold by its subsidiary Galatea Surgical. BD has already been using Tepha’s polymer in its mesh for hernia repair for about a decade.
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