Anika Therapeutics Director Donaldson Resigns.Business/Technology Editors & Health/Medical Writers WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000 Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANIK ANIK Canadian COMSAT ) today announced that Jonathan D. Donaldson has resigned from its board of directors. Donaldson, 50, chairman of Surgical Sealants, Inc., made the decision to leave Anika's board to devote more time to other business and personal commitments, including additional responsibilities as a director of Emerson Hospital Emerson Hospital is a hospital located in Concord, Massachusetts, founded in 1911 on forty acres donated by Charles Emerson. As of 2006, it is a full-service, non-profit community hospital and acute care medical center with 177 beds, providing advanced medical services to over in Concord, Massachusetts. J. Melville Engle, chairman, president and chief executive officer, said the company is initiating a search to find a replacement for Donaldson's position on the board. "Jona has been one of the key contributors to Anika's development since its inception. His insights and guidance will be missed. We wish him all the best in his other activities," Engle said. Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (www.anikatherpeutics.com) develops, manufactures and commercializes therapeutic products and devices intended to promote the repair, protection and healing of bone, cartilage and soft tissue. These products are based on hyaluronic acid hyaluronic acid: see mucopolysaccharide. Hyaluronic acid A polysaccharide which is an integral part of the gel-like substance of animal connective tissue; it supposedly serves as a lubricant and shock absorbent in the joints. (HA), a naturally occurring, biocompatible biocompatible /bio·com·pat·i·ble/ (-kom-pat´i-b'l) being harmonious with life; not having toxic or injurious effects on biological function. polymer found throughout the body. In addition to ORTHOVISC(R), a treatment of osteoarthritis osteoarthritis or osteoarthrosis or degenerative joint disease Most common joint disorder, afflicting over 80% of those who reach age 70. It does not involve excessive inflammation and may have no symptoms, especially at first. of the knee (not approved for sale in the U.S.), Anika markets HYVISC(R) in the U.S. for the treatment of equine osteoarthritis through Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. and manufactures AMVISC(R) and AMVISC(R) Plus, HA viscoelastic Adj. 1. viscoelastic - having viscous as well as elastic properties natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" products for ophthalmic surgery, for Bausch & Lomb Surgical. |
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