Genzyme Bets Big on Biosurgery
Executive Summary
Genzyme Corp is merging two of its subsidiaries, Genzyme Tissue Repair and Genzyme Surgical with a third company, Biomatrix Inc. in a bold bet on the promise of biosurgery--the combination of biomaterials and gene and cellular therapies with more traditional surgical instruments. Clinically, biosurgery will hopefully improve patient outcomes; commercially, it will differentiate surgical instrument makers whose products seem increasingly alike.
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