OrthoPediatrics Corp. Announces Acquisition of ApiFix Ltd. with FDA-Approved Non-Fusion Scoliosis Technology (press release)
OrthoPediatrics Corp. (“OrthoPediatrics” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:KIDS), a company focused exclusively on advancing the field of pediatric orthopedics, is pleased to announce that it has acquired ApiFix Ltd. (“ApiFix”), including its minimally invasive deformity correction (“MID-C”) system for non-fusion treatment of progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (“AIS”), for 934,768 shares of OrthoPediatrics common stock and $2 million in cash paid at closing, plus milestone payments and an earnout over a period of four years.
ApiFix Ltd. is an Israel and Boston, MA based medical device company with a less invasive spinal deformity correction system for non-fusion treatment of progressive AIS. Together with vertebral body tethering, it is one of only two non-fusion technologies approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under its Humanitarian Device Exemption provision. The MID-C system is approved for use in adolescent patients with Lenke type 1 and Lenke type 5 curves of 40° to 60° and acts as an internal brace implanted unilaterally on the concave as...
