Anika: The Most Advanced Shoulder Portfolio in the Industry

Anika - Purposeful Change

Driving efficient innovation in your industry is a challenge for any company regardless of industry. Driving efficient innovation in Sports Medicine is a challenge few are willing to encounter, let alone embrace. The $100 billion+ medical device industry and the enticing compound annual growth rate are met with equally intense barriers to entry.

When Anika purchased Parcus Medical in 2020, they accepted the challenge head-on. The results in such a short amount of time are nothing short of astonishing. Anika has become the most advanced comprehensive shoulder portfolio in the industry. The synergy of knowledge between Sports Medicine and Regenerative Solutions is highlighted by the surge of new products including:

• X-Twist? Fixation System
• Integrity? Implant System
• NanoFx? Nanofracture System

The standing Sports Medicine portfolio met the needs of most surgeons, a task not easily achieved on its own. Now, Anika is capable of looking over the horizon and leading meaningful change in the industry. The design of the X-Twist? saves surgeons time and affords them versatility in the OR. The Integrity? Implant System harnesses Anika's wealth of knowledge as the best in the market for Hyaluronic Acid (HA) and applies it to a game-changing HA scaffold implant. NanoFx? completely shifts the paradigm in microfracture procedures.

The studies behind these products are proving that these are industry-leading products, as the latest studies show:

• Integrity? shows greater regenerative capacity than current market leader REGENTEN at both 12 and 26 weeks post-implantation. The new collagenous tissue at 26 weeks was nearly 3x greater thickness in the repaired tendon compared to REGENTEN.
• NanoFx? reduces re-tear risk/occurrence, improves all around healing, and with X-Twist? can reduce re-tear rates by 50%.

Synergy Across Indications

The thoughtfulness of design and the focus on biological healing expands the potential indications of these three newer products from Anika. These products are not limited to the shoulder and are not intended as shoulder-only products. The crossover applies not only to their use within the same surgery but their adaptability in knee + foot and ankle procedures. NanoFx? works not only with Integrity? and X-Twist? but also in OUS markets has an incredible data set with Anika's Hyalofast?, which last year completed the Phase III clinical study on its journey towards FDA approval.

The Future is Bright

A dynamic mentality with an emphasis on biological healing is what drives the team at Anika and their distributors. The new products are changing the approach towards healing and restoration, fueled by the ability to combine Sports Medicine with state of the art Regenerative Solutions. In last six months we have seen the full market release of Integrity? and the release of the X-Twist? Biocomposite. X-Twist? Biocomposite is the most recent adaptation to the current cornerstone of Anika's Sports Medicine portfolio, emblematic of the continuing growth at Anika.

The future is bright at Anika, and here at AME / Orthotec International we cannot wait to share all the advancements they are making in the world of Sports Medicine and Regenerative Solutions. All part of the journey to #RestoreActiveLiving

AME / Orthotec International is the distributor of Anika in markets across Latin America and the Caribbean.