Sharps Technology Signs Sales Agreements to Support Major European Healthcare Network and Sells Out Its Inventory for SecureGard
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Sharps Technology (NASDAQ: STSS) has signed multiple sales agreements for its SecureGard safety syringes with a major European medical supply company serving Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. The company has begun deliveries of 1mL and 3mL SecureGard syringes, with the customer committing to purchase all available plant inventory by Q1 2025 and new production orders starting in Q2 2025.
The agreements will utilize all current SecureGard production capacity of 35 million units at the Hungary manufacturing facility. The customer has also shown interest in Sharps' U.S. inventory for Northern Africa markets. In response to growing demand, Sharps is planning to expand its manufacturing capacity to over 100 million units for SecureGard and 125 million units for SoloGard annually.
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- Secured sales agreements for entire SecureGard inventory with major European healthcare supplier
- Customer committed to purchasing all available production capacity of 35 million units
- Planned expansion to increase production capacity to over 100M SecureGard and 125M SoloGard units annually
- Additional market opportunity identified in Northern Africa
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- None.
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, STSS gained 5.13%, reflecting a notable positive market reaction.
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- Signed multiple agreements to sell its SecureGard syringe inventory, with initial shipments and revenue commencing in early December
- Agreements also include new forecasted orders and commitments for all current SecureGard capacity, to begin in Q2 2025
- The SecureGard agreements will strengthen the potential revenue curve for the Hungary Operation starting in 2024
NEW YORK, Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sharps Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: “STSS” and “STSSW”), an innovative medical device and pharmaceutical packaging company offering patented, best-in-class syringe products, has begun deliveries of its 1mL and 3mL SecureGard safety syringes under the new sales agreements with a prominent European medical supply company serving Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. To meet demand in the region, Sharps’ customer has requested additional deliveries by year-end 2024 and committed to purchasing all available plant inventory by Q1 2025.
As a supplier to the largest network of hospitals and outpatient clinics in Central and Eastern Europe, the customer plans to purchase Sharps’ entire existing inventory of 1mL and 3mL SecureGard inventory warehoused in Hungary. This would be followed by new production orders starting in Q2 2025. These orders will consume all currently available SecureGard production capacity of 35 million units at the Hungary manufacturing facility. The customer has also expressed interest in Sharps’ U.S. inventory to fulfill a need for safety syringe supplies in Northern Africa.
The demand for Sharps’ innovative injection solutions continues to grow rapidly, with injectables remaining the preferred delivery method for therapies such as vaccines, biologics, weight loss and maintenance, ophthalmic and cosmetic applications, gene therapies, and diabetes and inflammatory disease management. With increasing levels of interest and potential demand for the Company’s high-quality smart safety syringe products in the region, Sharps is collaborating with both government and private investment sources in Hungary to expand the current manufacturing footprint and take advantage of the need to increase both SecureGard and SoloGard manufacturing capacity. The expansion will be planned to increase the annual SecureGard capacity to more than 100 million units, and the SoloGard capacity to more than 125 million units.
Sharps’ SecureGard and SoloGard product lines focus on low waste and ultra-low waste syringe technologies that also incorporate active safety features to fill the healthcare industry’s demand for the highest quality drug delivery solutions.
About Sharps Technology:
Sharps Technology is an innovative medical device and pharmaceutical packaging company offering patented, best-in-class smart-safety syringe products to the healthcare industry. The Company’s product lines focus on providing ultra-low waste capabilities, that incorporate syringe technologies that use both passive and active safety features. Sharps also offers products that are designed with specialized copolymer technology to support the prefillable syringe market segment. The Company has a manufacturing facility in Hungary. For more information, please visit http://sharpstechnology.com
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FAQ
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