Bioventus Inc 8-K, filed Aug 25, 2021
Bioventus Inc. (BVS)
8-K
2021-08-25
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About this 8-K
Bioventus Inc filed this 8-K on August 25, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 25, 2021
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On August 25, 2021, Bioventus Inc. (the Company) announced a strategic investment in Trice Medical, Inc. (Trice), a company focused on developing and commercializing minimally invasive technologies for sports medicine and orthopedic surgical procedures. In conjunction with the Company leading Trice’s Series D funding round, the Company has exclusive sales and distribution rights to Trice’s products outside of the U.S. and Chris Yamamoto, the Company’s Senior Vice President of Business Development & Strategy, will serve on Trice’s Board of Directors. The Company and Trice expect to also enter into a co-development arrangement to explore the integration of Trice technologies with certain of the Company’s offerings in order to accelerate adoption of both companies' products.
Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K (the Current Report) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements contained in this Current Report that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements concerning the benefits of our investment in Thrice and entering into a co-development arrangement with Thrice. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “due,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “positioned,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in this Current Report include, but are not limited to, our ability to recognize the benefits of the investment in Thrice the adverse impacts on our business as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; our dependence on a limited number of products; our ability to develop, acquire and commercialize new products, line extensions or expanded indications; the continued and future acceptance of our existing portfolio of products and any new products, line extensions or expanded indications by physicians, patients, third-party payers and others in the medical community; our ability to achieve and maintain adequate levels of coverage and/or reimbursement for our products, the procedures using our products, or any future products we may seek to commercialize, including any potential changes by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the manner in which our HA viscosupplementation products are reimbursed; our ability to complete acquisitions or successfully integrate new businesses, products or technologies in a cost-effective and non-disruptive manner; including the Misonix acquisition; competition against other companies; and the other risks identified in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company’s other filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and the Investor Relations page of the Company’s website at ir.bioventus.com. Except to the extent required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or review any estimate, projection, or forward-looking statement. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BIOVENTUS INC. | |||||||||||
| August 25, 2021 | By: | /s/ Anthony D’Adamio | |||||||||
Anthony D’Adamio Senior Vice President and General Counsel | |||||||||||