Gore Acquires Intellectual Property of NMT Medical

W. L. Gore & Associates has purchased the assets and intellectual property of NMT Medical Inc., including the data related to Closure I, a prospective, multi-center, randomized controlled trial of PFO closure with the Starflex Device (NMT Medical, Inc.) versus best medical therapy for the prevention of recurrent stroke and/or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in patients with cryptogenic stroke/TIA and PFO.

“We made the decision to acquire these assets in the spirit of collaboration and in the interest of advancing scientific and medical understanding,” says Stuart Broyles, PhD, Associate with the Gore Medical Division Stroke Business. The study data were acquired with the rest of the NMT assets, but the transaction did not transfer any liabilities or regulatory obligations of NMT.