Milestones

2000
  • Contura established
2001
  • Contura’s product Aquamid® granted the CE-marking for use in soft tissue facial augmentation
2003
  • Contura’s product Bulkamid® granted the CE-marking for use in the treatment of female urinary incontinence
2004
  • Contura launches Aquamid® Reconstruction for lipoatrophy, rhinoplasty and volume corrections
2005
  • Contura achieves strong market positions in several Asian markets
2006
  • FDA grants Aquamid® Investigational Device Exemption, allowing its use in a major comparative clinical trial in the United States
  • Contura obtains ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2000 certificates.
2007
  • Contura and ETHICON, a Johnson & Johnson company, sign agreement granting ETHICON exclusive worldwide distribution rights for Bulkamid®
  • Contura’s United States subsidiary Contura Inc. established
  • Work begins on a new manufacturing facility in Denmark
  • Contura awarded the prestigious Product Differentiation Innovation Award for Aquamid® by the international consulting company Frost & Sullivan
2008
  • Clinical trial of Bulkamid® in the United States begins
2009
  • Clinical trial of Aquamid® in the United States completed
2010
  • New manufacturing facility approved in Europe
  • Aquamid® PMA filed at the FDA on April 15th