Cook Medical Wins Contract with Novation, Provides 40,000 Health Care Organizations Access to Full Line of Advanced Tissue Repair Technology

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 40,000 U.S. health care providers will gain access to special pricing and terms for an advanced biologic graft for soft tissue repair through a contractual relationship between Cook Medical and Novation, the leading health care supply company for VHA Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista, LLC. Under the agreement, effective April 1, 2010, Cook will supply Novation members with its full line of Biodesign® Advanced Tissue Repair products, intended to treat a wide range of soft tissue defects and related conditions.