Civil Law

Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Invests in Turbett Surgical

J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital has invested in Turbett Surgical, according to a news release.

Turbett, founded in 2013 and based in Henrietta, New York, is a medical equipment company that manufactures mobile sterilization pods and consumable filters for surgical equipment sterilization.

J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital is the life sciences platform of J.P. Morgan Private Capital. The platform invests in early-stage biotherapeutics and late-stage healthcare companies.

Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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Civil Law

Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines: dogs and cats

Antimicrobials are often used at the time of surgery and it’s widely accepted that there is tremendous overuse in human and veterinary medicine. Antimicrobial prophylaxis indicated in some surgical patients to reduce the risk of surgical site infection, but a large percentage of use is unnecessary and is based on habit or fear (and antibiotics are often used to make the surgeon or owner feel better).

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