Baxter planning 1997 overseas launch of Sorin low-profile mechanical heart valve.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
BAXTER LAUNCH OF SORIN LOW-PROFILE MECHANICAL HEART VALVE IN 1997 will be accomplished through an agreement with Sorin Biomedica SpA announced Nov. 13. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, gives the Edwards CVS division of Baxter's Cardiovascular Group exclusive worldwide distribution rights to a low-profile bileaflet mechanical heart valve to be manufactured by Sorin. The valve's design makes it "especially suitable" for use in conjunction with "minimally invasive heart valve implant techniques," Baxter says in a Nov. 13 press release.