The medical device industry is full of companies that started out focusing on one therapeutic area only to shift gears and apply their original or another technooloogy to a different clinical need. Indeed, Biocompatibles is now workiing on its third primary therapeutic areas--cancer--having previously sold off its first two businesses, in ophthalmology and then, convinced it was too far behind in drug-eluting stents, cardiovascular. This new growth area is being driven by the company's general expertise in polymer technology and drug delivery.
By Stephen Levin
The medical device industry is full of companies that started out focusing on one therapeutic area only to shift gears...
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