verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message biosensors international group ltd. type public sgx b20 industry medical technology founded unknown key people lu yoh chie chairman and founding ceo ; mike kleine ceo products medical devices revenue usd 37.8 million 2006 slogan improving lives through medical innovation website www.biosensors.com biosensors international group is a medical device company that specializes in developing manufacturing and licensing technologies for use in interventional cardiology procedures and critical care . the company was listed in the mainboard of the singapore exchange sgx in may 2005 . the global headquarters of the company are located in singapore where the main manufacturing facilities and r & d centers are hosted . the european headquarters are in morges switzerland ; this swiss office is also the legal manufacturer of biomatrix the current leading product of the company . biomatrix is a drug eluting stent that utilizes proprietary technologies of biosensors a biodegradable poly lactic acid pla polymer pla which degrades into the naturally occurring lactic acid the biolimus a9 drug a highly lipophilic derivative of sirolimus the s stent stent platform an automated stent coating technology that directly deposits the coating onto the stent surface . biosensors has obtained ce mark for this drug eluting stent product in january 2008 . to enter the china market biosensors has set up a joint venture with hong kong listed shandong weigao to market and distribute coronary stents in china . 1 as one of the few companies with proprietary drug eluting stent technology biosensors also has been obtaining revenue through licensing its technologies to other medical device companies like terumo and specialty stent providers like devax inc. and xtent inc. see also edit drug eluting stent biolimus a9 external links edit biosensors international website notes edit unknown.biosensors and weigao sign letter of intent and expand business collaboration biosensors investor relations this article about a medical pharmaceutical or biotechnological corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title biosensors international & oldid 647082097 categories health care companies of singaporecompanies listed on the singapore exchangemedical company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2010all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 10 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view