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Santex SPA Announces Acquisition of U.S. E-commerce Retailer Parentgiving, Inc.

Santex SPA, a global leader in premier incontinence products and surgical dressing and orthopedic products, announced the acquisition of Parentgiving, Inc., the country’s premier retailer of caregiving products for the aging. The agreement was finalized in June 2020, and the companies have spent the past year integrating operations and developing an expanded portfolio of Parentgiving’s signature Dry Direct incontinence products for expansion in the United States. Read more.

Source: PR Newswire, June 22, 2021

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Axonics® Expands into Stress Urinary Incontinence with the Acquisition of Bulkamid®

Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AXNX), a medical technology company that has developed and is commercializing novel implantable sacral neuromodulation (SNM) devices for the treatment of urinary and bowel dysfunction, today announced that it has acquired privately-held Contura Ltd. and its flagship product, Bulkamid, a best-in-class urethral bulking agent for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Read more.

Source: Business Wire, February 25, 2021

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Essity Acquires Smart Ultrasound Technology for Incontinence Care

Hygiene and health company Essity is strengthening its offering in incontinence products through the acquisition of the Dutch company Novioscan. The company develops a wearable ultrasound technology that monitors the bladder and enables continence control. The purchase price is approximately SEK 70m (EUR 6.5m) on a debt-free basis.  The SENS-U innovation is a wearable ultrasound sensor that measures the level in the bladder. It sends a discrete notification that allows the user to empty their bladder in time. A version of SENS-U for children is already available in the market and an adult version is under development. Read more.

Source: PRNewswire, April 1, 2020