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from Smith & Nephew.
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Gauze-based NPWT capable of achieving same treatment goals as foam-based NPWT
St. Petersburg FL- October 23, 2009 – The Advanced Wound Management Division of Smith & Nephew, Inc., a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew Plc (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN), highlighted the results of a multi-center study which demonstrate that gauze-based Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) achieves many of the common treatment goals defined for foam-based NPWT systems. These goals include a reduction in wound dimension, exudate, and improvement in granulation tissue. A second poster highlighting a sub-set of patients in the same study found that skin graft take was dramatically enhanced and care facilitated by gauze-based NPWT.
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St. Petersburg FL- Oct 22, 2009 – The Advanced Wound Management Division of Smith & Nephew, Inc., a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew Plc (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN), announced today that clinicians will present a total of 20 clinical posters featuring its Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Systems and ALLEVYN™ AG, ALLEVYN AG Gentle, ACTICOAT™ and IODOSORB™ advanced wound dressings during the 24th Annual Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin and Wound Care’s poster session. The poster session opens at 10:30am CT on October 23, 2009.
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MELBOURNE, Australia- Oct. 10, 2009- Court overturns previous interlocutory injunction against Smith & Nephew's foam dressing kits in Australia
Smith & Nephew Inc.'s Advanced Wound Management division (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN) announced that the Federal Court of Australia has ruled in its favour and set aside KCI Medical Australia's (KCIMA) interlocutory injunction restraining Smith & Nephew from commercialising in Australia foam dressing kits for use in negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). KCIMA has until 4 pm on Monday 12 October 2009 to seek a stay of the order setting aside the injunction while they seek to appeal the decision.
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