Hydromer and Allium closes coating services agreement

Hydromer, a polymer-based research and development company, has entered into a two-year coating services agreement with the Israeli-based Allium Medical, a medical device company that develops and manufactures stents and catheters.

Under the terms of the self-renewing agreement, Hydromer of Branchburg, N.J., has agreed to apply its proprietary and patented hydrophilic coatings on various Pebax plastic stent placement catheters under FDA cGMP and ISO 13485:2003 conditions. Also, Allium has agreed to purchase all its priming and coating services from Hydromer for the products specified in the agreement.

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