ALACHUA, Fla., June 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AxoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN ), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerves, today announced that Ernst & Young (EY) named AxoGen Chairman and CEO Karen Zaderej as the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Award winner in the Health Care category in Florida. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Zaderej was selected as an award winner by a panel of independent judges. Award winners were announced yesterday at a special gala event at Loews Sapphire Falls Resort in Orlando, Florida.
“I am honored to be named an Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner in Florida,” said Zaderej. “AxoGen’s success is the result of a true team effort and a patient-focused culture. We are building a culture that attracts, inspires, and develops individuals and teams to achieve excellence by embracing our values. We have tremendous opportunity to improve quality of life and offer hope to patients with debilitating nerve damage.”
Now in its 32nd year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 145 cities and more than 60 countries throughout the world.
Zaderej is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National competition. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced at the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 17, 2018. The awards are the culminating event of the Strategic Growth Forum®, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
Sponsors Founded and produced by EY, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are nationally sponsored in the U.S. by SAP America, the Kauffman Foundation, and Merrill Corporation. In Florida, regional platinum sponsors also included Greenberg Taurig and PNC Bank.
About AxoGen AxoGen (AXGN) is the leading company focused specifically on the science, development and commercialization of technologies for peripheral nerve regeneration and repair. We are passionate about helping to restore peripheral nerve function and quality of life to patients with physical damage or discontinuity to peripheral nerves by providing innovative, clinically proven and economically effective repair solutions for surgeons and health care providers. Peripheral nerves provide the pathways for both motor and sensory signals throughout the body. Every day, people suffer traumatic injuries or undergo surgical procedures that impact the function of their peripheral nerves. Physical damage to a peripheral nerve, or the inability to properly reconnect peripheral nerves, can result in the loss of muscle or organ function, the loss of sensory feeling, or the initiation of pain.
AxoGen's platform for peripheral nerve repair features a comprehensive portfolio of products, including Avance ® Nerve Graft, an off-the-shelf processed human nerve allograft for bridging severed peripheral nerves without the comorbidities associated with a second surgical site, AxoGuard ® Nerve Connector, a porcine submucosa extracellular matrix (ECM) coaptation aid for tensionless repair of severed peripheral nerves, AxoGuard ® Nerve Protector, a porcine submucosa ECM product used to wrap and protect damaged peripheral nerves and reinforce the nerve reconstruction while preventing soft tissue attachments, and Avive ® Soft Tissue Membrane, a minimally processed human umbilical cord membrane that may be used as a resorbable soft tissue covering to separate tissue layers and modulate inflammation in the surgical bed. Along with these core surgical products, AxoGen also offers AcroVal ® Neurosensory & Motor Testing System and AxoTouch ® Two-Point Discriminator. These evaluation and measurement tools assist health care professionals in detecting changes in sensation, assessing return of sensory, grip, and pinch function, evaluating effective treatment interventions, and providing feedback to patients on peripheral nerve function. The AxoGen portfolio of products is available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and several other European and international countries.
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Contact: AxoGen Corporation Annette Ruzicka – Corporate Communications aruzicka@AxoGenInc.com
