The market approval for CERAMENT® G in 2022 was based on extensive efficacy and patient safety data, with nearly 17,000 clinical data points. The clinical data, from several published studies, demonstrated that CERAMENT G is superior to previous standard options in managing bone infections. With market authorization for CERAMENT V, physicians would be equipped with an additional tool to manage bone infections, primarily caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus eg. MRSA or MRSE. CERAMENT V in Europe, where the product has had market approval for several years, represents 15% of the sales of antibiotic-releasing products.

Bone grafts with local antibiotic release have proven to be a very important tool in the ambition to drastically reduce the need for systemic antibiotic use* and combat antibiotic resistance.

CERAMENT V has previously received the categorization of "breakthrough device" for the indication of bone infection from the FDA.

*Dudareva M, Kumin M, Vach W, Kaier K, Ferguson J, McNally M, Scarborough M. Short or Long Antibiotic Regimes in Orthopaedics (SOLARIO): a randomized controlled open-label non-inferiority trial of duration of systemic antibiotics in adults with orthopaedic infection treated operatively with local antibiotic therapy. Trials 2019; 20: 693