BoneSupport granted FDA Approval for Injectable Bone Substitute
BoneSupport AB has been granted FDA approval for its first product, Cerament Bone Void Filler, a ceramic and injectable bone substitute used for among other things bone fractures caused by osteoporosis
This approval allows US clinicians to treat their patients' bone loss due to trauma and surgery. Cerament facilitates the healing and deposition of new bone tissue, and is gradually replaced by the body's own bone.
BoneSupport's synthetically manufactured bone material is tissue-friendly and mixable with radiocontrast liquid, and can therefore be injected to set in place in the skeleton. Cerament Bone Void Filler penetrates and reinforces bone, while allowing for future bone ingrowth.
More than one million bone graft procedures are carried out annually on a global basis. Human and animal bone is primarily used, but the share of synthetic bone substitutes is predicted to rise significantly. The economic value of the total market amounts to about EUR 0.9 billion, with an annual growth rate of 20%.
For further information please contact:
Fredrik Lindberg,
CEO
Tel. +46 46 286 53 70
Email: info@bonesupport.com
Or visit: www.bonesupport.com

BoneSupport AB is a medical technology company certified according to ISO 13485 that focuses on the development of injectable ceramic bone substitutes. The company recently obtained FDA approval for its first product, Cerament™, and its launch is expected in 2006. BoneSupport was founded in 1999, ...
