The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended by six months a deadline for STERIS (NYSE:STE) to support customers transitioning from its System 1 sterilizer, for which the FDA revoked approval two years ago.Under terms of the new agreement, some System 1 customers can continue to purchase a consumable sterilant used by the system until [...]

Sterilization products maker STERIS (NYSE:STE) has opened a new European headquarters in Bordeaux, France.The Bordeaux headquarters brings together marketing, research and development, manufacturing, and sales and customer services. The Mentor, Ohio-based company’s goal is to foster collaboration between the disparate groups to more rapidly develop new products, Cleanroom Technology reported.About 150 employees, some of whom [...]

STERIS (NYSE:STE) and Toshiba America Medical Systems have struck a deal to collaborate on creating “hybrid” operating rooms for hospital customers.Selling equipment for hybrid operating rooms is expected to be an increasingly important revenue generator for Mentor, Ohio-based STERIS, which has seen a surge in demand surrounding this next-generation surgical suites.Hybrid operating rooms are the [...]

In the hopes of reversing the trend of “disappointing” sales of its replacement flagship sterilization device, STERIS (NYSE:STE) is eagerly awaiting FDA clearance of an accessory part for the device.But unfortunately for the Mentor, Ohio-based company, STERIS has had to keep waiting (… and waiting … and waiting) to begin marketing the part — a [...]

STERIS (NYSE:STE) has a launched an enhanced version of a low-temperature sterilization system for surgical instruments.The Mentor, Ohio, company received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September for its new Amsco V-PRO maX Low Temperature Sterilization System.The system offers three processing cycles to better accommodate a wide variety of surgical instruments, [...]

Sterilization products maker STERIS (NYSE:STE) is experiencing a more slow and costly transition to a new version of its flagship sterilization system than the company expected.The company had earlier projected between 5,000 and 8,000 sales on the year of its new System 1E, a liquid chemical sterilizing system used by hospitals, surgical [...]

STERIS (NYSE:STE) has obtained 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on two new sterilization devices and one clearance for a minor enhancement on an existing product.Details of the new products were fairly sketchy, as a STERIS spokesman declined to provide much information until after the products are launched at an unspecified time. [...]

Sterilization products company STERIS (NYSE:STE) is looking to hire more than 50 employees at its suburban Cleveland headquarters, with a particular emphasis on engineers.The healthcare jobs hiring binge is part of the company’s plan to add about 300 positions to its Mentor, Ohio headquarters in the coming years. The hires are related to the opening [...]

The top executive with sterilization products maker STERIS (NYSE:STE) said the transition to a replacement version of its flagship sterilization device is “moving along as expected.”The Mentor, Ohio-based company during the most recent quarter shipped 700 units of its new System 1E device, which is a liquid chemical sterilizing system used by hospitals, [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given STERIS (NYSE: STE) customers an additional six months to transition from the company’s recalled System 1 sterilization device.Customers have been given until Feb. 2 to make the change to an alternate processing system, according to a regulatory filing from Mentor, Ohio-based STERIS. The company said it would [...]