3D Systems & Theradaptive Establish Commercial Partnership to Advance Orthopedic & Soft Tissue Repair Using Breakthrough Regenerative Therapeutics

• Theradaptive’s proprietary protein-engineering platform produces targeted therapeutics that can be used to coat implants, devices to achieve hyper-local delivery
• Theradaptive’s innovative protein-engineering technology, combined with 3D Systems’ unique capability to produce personalized orthopedic implants combines each company’s core strengths to accelerate market introduction
• 3D Systems named Theradaptive’s exclusive 3D printing partner
• Partnership further accelerates application of regenerative medicine technology to uniquely enhance patient recovery from injuries sustained through trauma, birth defects, or disease

ROCK HILL, S.C. and FREDERICK, Md., Aug. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD), the leading additive manufacturing solutions partner, and Theradaptive, a biopharmaceutical company breaking new ground in targeted regenerative therapeutics, announced they have entered a commercial agreement naming 3D Systems as Theradaptive’s exclusive 3D printing partner. The companies intend to deliver a novel approach to promote bone and tissue growth using Theradaptive’s unique protein-based material-binding variants to coat 3D Systems’ 3D-printed medical devices. This solution has the potential to provide patients with an opportunity for improved healing and thus better outcomes.

Theradaptive's Founder, Luis M. Alvarez, Ph.D., conceived of the protein-engineering technology after witnessing extremity injuries that resulted in delayed amputations among servicemembers. His subsequent research into bone and tissue regeneration at MIT focused on addressing the limitations associated with existing regenerative medicine approaches such as achieving anatomically precise outcomes and ultra-persistent local delivery of therapeutics. The first applications of this technology have already earned three Breakthrough Medical Device designations from the FDA to address degenerative disc disease and spinal fusion.

As the original innovator of 3D printing and a pioneer in personalized healthcare solutions, 3D Systems has worked with surgeons for over a decade to plan more than 150,000 patient-specific cases, and additively manufacture more than two million implants and instruments for 100+ CE-marked and FDA-cleared devices from its world-class, FDA-registered, ISO 13485-certified facilities. 3D Systems has also made significant strides in regenerative medicine, most recently announcing its Regenerative Tissue Program.