Analysis presented at SAWC shows up to 94 percent cost reduction for treating complex DFUs — with an average of just one application

May 8, 2019 — SAN ANTONIO, Texas — LifeNet Health’s Dermacell AWM® acellular dermal matrix reduced the cost to heal complex Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs) by up to 94 percent compared to a leading viable cryopreserved human placental membrane (vCHPM), according to a cost analysis being presented at the SAWC Spring conference. 

Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center unveiling Gift of Life Donor Memorial
Sculpture April 30
Public is invited to join LifeNet Health and Bon Secours for this special event

RICHMOND, Va., (April 25, 2019) — Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center will honor organ and tissue donors with the unveiling of its donor memorial sculpture on April 30, 2019.

LifeNet Health invests in state-of-the-art Virginia Beach
satellite facility

Facility expansion is the first of multi-phase U.S. infrastructure investments that generate more than 200 new jobs in Virginia and support life-saving global regenerative medicine programs

April 24, 2019 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — LifeNet Health, the world’s leading provider of regenerative medicine solutions, this week unveiled the first phase of its state-of-the-art Virginia Beach processing facility, which strengthens the company’s operational and logistical capabilities and supports its efforts to save and improve lives around the world.

LifeNet Health Foundation hosts Share the Love 5K/1 mile race
The public is invited to participate in the race and show support for organ and tissue donation

LifeNet Health celebrates National Donate Life Month
Impact of donation highlighted by retired local police officer who is among the longest-living heart recipients 

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (April 1, 2019) — Lt. Pat Tauro, a retired Norfolk police officer, knows firsthand about the gift of organ, eye and tissue donation. More than three decades ago, the stress of his job and a family history of health challenges left him with a failing heart. He received a second chance at life in early 1986. It was the final, selfless gift of a 19-year-old athlete who died in a motorcycle accident.

LifeNet Health features best-in-class orthobiologic solutions at AAOS Annual Meeting

Exhibit offers interactive graft experience and clinician perspective on innovative grafts for bone healing and joint repair

LAS VEGAS — March 13, 2019 — LifeNet Health, the world’s leading provider of regenerative medicine solutions, is highlighting its advanced biomaterials at the 2019 AAOS Annual Meeting exhibition (Booth #2437) March 13-15 in Las Vegas. In addition to its comprehensive portfolio of allograft implants, LifeNet Health will be featuring solutions for bone healing, rotator cuff repair and foot osteotomies.

LifeNet Health reports record year for organ transplants
Organ Procurement division supported nearly 500 transplants,
 mirroring national growth in life-saving procedures       

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Jan. 25, 2019) — LifeNet Health facilitated a record number of organ transplants in its service area last year — 497 in total — a reflection of the growing number of Virginians who choose to be organ and tissue donors. 

As one of 58 federally designated Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs), LifeNet Health coordinates organ donation throughout most of Virginia and part of West Virginia. The increase in transplants stems from growing participation in Virginia’s donor registry, which includes more than 4 million adults, as well as effective collaboration between LifeNet Health and transplant centers across the commonwealth.

Bryan Herrington, an organ and tissue donor from Pensacola, is being honored on the 2019 Donate Life Rose Parade® float on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Calif. He is being featured among the float’s 44 floragraphs — a portrait made of organic materials such as seeds, spices and crushed flowers — that honor organ, tissue and eye donors from across the country.

Heart on Southwest Airlines flight provided life-saving gifts
Donated heart received in time to prepare tissue grafts
used to repair heart damage and defects

Virginia Beach, Va. (Dec. 14, 2018) — The heart that was inadvertently left on board a Southwest Airlines plane in Seattle on Sunday, Dec. 9, made it to LifeNet Health’s Pacific Northwest facility in time to provide two potentially life-saving cardiac tissue grafts.

LifeNet Health debuts PliaFX^® Prime, world’s most-versatile osteobiologic
New technology to be showcased in exhibit (booth 2311) at NASS Annual Meeting Sept. 26-28

Los Angeles — Sept. 25, 2018 — LifeNet Health today announced the launch of PliaFX^® Prime, an advanced biomaterial with unsurpassed versatility. Currently available in limited release, PliaFX Prime consists of 100 percent precision-engineered cortical fibers that provide moldable handling, without the use of additives found in putties.