LeMaitre Vascular Acquires ProCol® Vascular Bioprosthesis

BURLINGTON, Mass., March 18, 2016 -- LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (Nasdaq:LMAT), a provider of peripheral vascular devices and implants, announced today that it has acquired the ProCol Vascular Bioprosthesis product line from Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. for $665,000 plus a three year royalty.  Simultaneously, LeMaitre Vascular purchased from CryoLife, Inc. finished goods inventory and other ProCol related assets for $2,035,000. 

ProCol is a biological (bovine) graft indicated for vascular access subsequent to at least one failed prosthetic access graft.  The ProCol device received PMA approval from the FDA in 2003.  In 2015, hospital sales of ProCol were approximately $1.3 million, all in the United States.

Dave Roberts, LeMaitre Vascular’s President, commented, “ProCol is a natural companion to our XenoSure bovine vascular patch.  This acquisition represents another addition to our biologics platform, following our acquisitions of XenoSure in 2012 and the OmniFlow II biosynthetic graft in 2014.”

In conjunction with the acquisition, Hancock Jaffe Laboratories will provide manufacturing transition services to LeMaitre Vascular from its production facility in Irvine, CA for up to five years.

Business Outlook

Guidance on how this acquisition may affect LeMaitre Vascular’s 2016 revenue and operating income expectations will be provided at the Company’s Q1 2016 earnings call on May 2.

About LeMaitre Vascular

LeMaitre Vascular is a provider of devices for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease, a condition that affects more than 20 million people worldwide.  The Company develops, manufactures and markets disposable and implantable vascular devices to address the needs of its core customer, the vascular surgeon.

LeMaitre and the LeMaitre Vascular logo are registered trademarks of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.  This press release contains other trademarks and trade names of the Company.

For more information about the Company, please visit http://www.lemaitre.com.  

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CONTACT: For information contact:
David B. Roberts
President
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
781-425-1693
[email protected]