Milestones 3842

Originally Published MX July/August 2005

MILESTONES

Viscogliosi Bros. LLC (New York City), a venture capital/private equity and merchant banking firm focused on the musculoskeletal and orthopedics sector, has acquired Fixano SA (Bourg-en-Bresse, France) for an undisclosed amount. Fixano manufactures products for internal and external fixation, spine, and joint replacement. "In my more than 15 years of experience in the orthopedic marketplace, I believe Fixano has one of the broadest, most innovative, highly indication-specific product portfolios of any private company I have examined," said Anthony G. Viscogliosi, a principal at Viscogliosi Bros. Added Marc R. Viscogliosi, another company principal: "I am thrilled to work with Fixano's remarkably talented management team and their revolutionary product lines, particularly the 'U' nonfusion interspinous device."