NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Statement by Anthony G. Viscogliosi, founder and former chairman and chief executive officer of Small Bone Innovations (SBi), regarding today’s announcement by Stryker Corp acquiring assets of SBi:
“The transaction announced today is emblematic of how Viscogliosi Brothers identifies, develops and grows innovative technologies into market-defining companies that commercialize those technologies into leading products for the orthopedics healthcare sector.”
“The transaction announced today is emblematic of how Viscogliosi Brothers identifies, develops and grows innovative technologies into market-defining companies that commercialize those technologies into leading products for the orthopedics healthcare sector.
Further, the success of SBi demonstrates the effectiveness of the VB strategy of creating solutions for unmet medical needs, resulting in superior patient outcomes and business success.
With its outstanding worldwide distribution channel, Stryker will now take the STAR Ankle and other SBi products to a wider patient universe and expand positive patient experiences. We wish Stryker the greatest success.”
About Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC
Established by Marc, John and Anthony Viscogliosi in 1999, VB was the first venture capital/private equity and merchant banking firm dedicated to the musculoskeletal/ orthopedics sector of the healthcare industry. Today, VB is a leading independent firm, with a mission: to create, build, operate and finance companies founded on innovations, developed by surgeons, and uniquely focused on “life changing” musculoskeletal/ orthopedic technologies.
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