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Integra LifeSciences Unveils Dr. Richard E. Caruso Center of Innovation and Learning
Integra’s Board of Directors, Executive Leadership Team, Research and Development and Scientific Affairs colleagues gathered together for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 11 to commemorate the grand opening and dedication of our new center of innovation and learning to Dr. Richard E. Caruso, late founder of the company, in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Distinguished guests included family members and friends of Dr. Caruso, Plainsboro Mayor Peter Cantu, and staff members from the offices of New Jersey Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman and Senator Cory Booker.
We are incredibly proud to honor his legacy and entrepreneurial spirit by naming our new R&D facility, the Dr. Richard E. Caruso Center of Innovation and Learning. This state-of-the art 14,000 square foot R&D lab is dedicated to pioneering new advances in treatment pathways and setting new standards of care to restore patient’s lives. In addition, it will be an important site for learning as we plan to host many educational programs for our customers and colleagues worldwide, which is an important part of our mission.
Dr. Caruso, former chairman of the board and CEO of Integra LifeSciences, founded Integra LifeSciences in 1989 with a vision that the human body could be enabled to regenerate many of its own damaged or diseased tissues, paving the way for a new discipline back then known as regenerative medicine. Through his vision, Integra became the first company to develop and bring to market a tissue regeneration product, Integra® Dermal Regeneration Template, which was approved by the FDA in 1996 as a skin replacement system with a claim for regeneration of dermal tissue in the treatment of life-threatening burns and repair of scar contractures.
Thank you to the many Integra colleagues across our Regenerative R&D, Global Operations and Facilities, Information Systems, Finance, Environment Health & Safety, Legal and Integra and Tissue Technologies leadership teams who were instrumental in the development and launch of this new facility.
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