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
Global Wound Care
Wound Care in Malaysia and The Emerging Markets: Interview w/ Dr. Mogan Naidu (2 of 2) [Video]
Back for Part 2… Wound care executives, investors, and specialists from all over the world enjoyed Part 1 of our visit with Dr. Mogan Naidu of MediAsia Advance Wound Care & Tissue Repair Center in Penang, in northern Malaysia. I have especially enjoyed witnessing an increased number of our colleagues and clients actively commenting and … Read More
Key takeaways from the 2018 European Wound Management Association Conference (EWMA 2018)
EWMA 2018 (9-11 May) has just come to a close in beautiful Krakow, Poland. This annual global wound care conference is wonderful, bridging scientific, clinical, and industry stakeholders from around the world (most other annual wound conferences tend to draw from relatively regional audiences). Here are four key takeaways: 1. Less influence from reimbursement … Read More
Wound Care in Malaysia and The Emerging Markets: Interview w/ Dr. Mogan Naidu (1 of 2) [Video]
Do you feel confident in your command of global wound care? This video may cause you to reconsider… Much of our time at Diligence Wound Care Global is spent with wound care product and services CEOs, CMOs, CCOs, VPs, directors, and managers for global strategy, busdev, marketing, finance, R&D, and other functions related to commercial … 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
Is This The Most Innovative Wound Care Product Since Negative Pressure Wound Therapy? [Video]
Like many of my wound care colleagues, I have experienced and worked with hundreds of wound care products. Some are basic yet effective, while others are both advanced and powerful. There are also many complex yet under-impressive options out there. Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with a new innovation that really has the … Read More
The Case for Emerging Market Wound Care
Demographic and economic trends, combined with the sheer magnitude of the unmet needs in the emerging markets represents the largest untapped opportunity for advanced wound care products and services globally. Introduction As the business of advanced wound care in North America and Western Europe has boomed for the past two decades, most major wound care … Read More
Assessing and Selecting Wound Care Distributors in the Emerging and Frontier Markets
The following is an excerpt from the original article, published in MedTech Intelligence on 3 Apr 2017: The attractive opportunities for medtech product firms to drive growth in the emerging and frontier markets are well-known: Rising disposable incomes and an expanding middle class, aging populations, and chronic disease prevalence (diabetes, cancer, obesity, hypertension, etc.), … Read More
Recent Wound Care & Regenerative Medicine Innovation Trends
(20 Jun 2016) Following is the final article in a series reviewing emerging advanced wound care and regenerative medicine trends and implications for the future of the industry. Part 1 focused on wound diagnostics approaches. Part 2 analyzed corporate strategy and positioning among the major wound care players. Part 3 will look at emerging innovative therapies, trends, and … Read More
The Race To Assemble The Ultimate Advanced Wound Care Portfolio: An Analysis of Corporate Strategies and Trends
(26 Apr 2016) Following is part 2 of 3 in a series of posts reviewing emerging advanced wound care and regenerative medicine trends and some key implications for the future of the industry. Part 1 focused on emerging wound diagnostics approaches. Part 2 will analyze corporate strategy and positioning among the major wound care players. Part 3 will … Read More