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<p>[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4798206"]All the wound care companies exct for Smith and Nephew are private and or he</p><p>D by a portfolio company such as Nordic or One Equity partners etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been in wound care for many many years and have seen alot of changes. Collagen is a commodity item now and not a big breakthrough. Endoderm is the new Hollister collagen, but there is Puracol, Promogran, Fibracol, Biostep, and powder form collagen. Endoderm is important to Hollister but not a big deal to the customers. They shrug and say, " it's good and works , I guess." Grafting, growth factors and emerging technologies that are truly new are winning far more attention than foams, hydrocolloids, silver products, or collagens. Hollister just has something new to talk about and although the reps think its awesome, there are no rats behind it and the evidence is shaky at best. Collagen/ORC (promogran and Prisma) has much stronger evidence. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a company, Hollister has a full line of wound, skin and Ostomy so They have a strong presence. I see their wound care as the weakest link. They have a website that looks like science, but really isn't. Hollister wound care is mostly me-too in terms of innovation and they have a rather poor presence in acute settings. Their low cost knock offs have found a home in some nursing facilities, but even there they are struggling to gain traction. Three brands that dominate are Aquacel, Mepilex, and Prisma. Those three products satisfy most wound needs. But again, grafts and NPWT get the lions share of clinicians attention. </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I respect Hollister and think they are a good company. Just seems that every other wound company has a better product for each category they compete in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4798206"]All the wound care companies exct for Smith and Nephew are private and or he D by a portfolio company such as Nordic or One Equity partners etc... I have been in wound care for many many years and have seen alot of changes. Collagen is a commodity item now and not a big breakthrough. Endoderm is the new Hollister collagen, but there is Puracol, Promogran, Fibracol, Biostep, and powder form collagen. Endoderm is important to Hollister but not a big deal to the customers. They shrug and say, " it's good and works , I guess." Grafting, growth factors and emerging technologies that are truly new are winning far more attention than foams, hydrocolloids, silver products, or collagens. Hollister just has something new to talk about and although the reps think its awesome, there are no rats behind it and the evidence is shaky at best. Collagen/ORC (promogran and Prisma) has much stronger evidence. As a company, Hollister has a full line of wound, skin and Ostomy so They have a strong presence. I see their wound care as the weakest link. They have a website that looks like science, but really isn't. Hollister wound care is mostly me-too in terms of innovation and they have a rather poor presence in acute settings. Their low cost knock offs have found a home in some nursing facilities, but even there they are struggling to gain traction. Three brands that dominate are Aquacel, Mepilex, and Prisma. Those three products satisfy most wound needs. But again, grafts and NPWT get the lions share of clinicians attention. Overall, I respect Hollister and think they are a good company. Just seems that every other wound company has a better product for each category they compete in.[/QUOTE]
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