NxStage Founder and CEO Jeffrey Burbank Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2011 New England Award Winner
LAWRENCE, Mass., June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that Jeffrey H. Burbank, CEO, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2011 New England Award in the Medical Devices category. The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Mr. Burbank was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at a gala event at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel on June 15, 2011.
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From the Company’s inception, Mr. Burbank has led NxStage in pioneering a new paradigm for dialysis patients with the NxStage System One, the only portable home hemodialysis machine cleared for home use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). New England is a national hub of medical device innovation, so I’m truly humbled to be the recipient of this award, said Mr. Burbank. NxStage’s mission has always been to improve the lives of patients with kidney failure. With over 5,000 patients and compelling clinical data in support of the improved clinical, quality of life and survival outcomes possible with more frequent hemodialysis using the System One, NxStage has accomplished much, and the opportunity for significant growth remains ahead of us.
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Past award winners have included Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee Company, Arthur M. Blank of AMB Group, LLC (The Home Depot, Atlanta Falcons), Pierre Omidyar of eBay, Inc., Ruth Fertel of Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Inc., Maxine Clark of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Tom Adams of Rosetta Stone Inc., Matthew Szulik of Red Hat, Inc., and last year’s national winner, Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Capital Partners, Inc.
As a New England award winner, Mr. Burbank is now eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 National Award. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year National Award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 12, 2011. The gala is the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum®, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies, which will be held November 9-13, 2011.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Program is pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as a national sponsor.
The New England program sponsors are Boston magazine, J. Robert Scott, Marsh, Nixon Peabody LLP, RR Donnelley and Regan Communications Group.
About NxStage Medical
NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM) is a medical device company, headquartered in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, that develops, manufactures and markets innovative systems for the treatment of end-stage renal disease, or ESRD, and acute kidney failure. NxStage is leading the development of the home hemodialysis market in the US with the only portable hemodialysis machine, the System One, cleared for home use by the FDA. For more information on NxStage and its products, please visit the company’s website at https://www.nxstage.com/.
About the NxStage System One
About the size of a 13-inch television, the NxStage System One is the first truly portable hemodialysis system cleared for home use by the U.S. FDA. Its simplicity and compact size are intended to allow easy use in patients’ homes and give patients the opportunity to travel with their therapy. It plugs into standard electrical outlets and, unlike conventional hemodialysis systems, requires no special infrastructure to operate. Under the guidance of their physician, patients can use the NxStage System One, with their trained partners, where, how and when it best meets their needs, at home or on vacation.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this release that are not clearly historical in nature are forward-looking, and the words anticipate, believe, expect, estimate, plan, and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond NxStage’s control, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance or achievements including market acceptance and demand for NxStage’s System One, growth in home hemodialysis, and certain other factors that may affect future operating results and which are detailed in NxStage’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Quarterly Report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.
In addition, the statements in this press release represent NxStage’s expectations and beliefs as of the date of this press release. NxStage anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause these expectations and beliefs to change. However, while NxStage may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing NxStage’s expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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NxStage Medical:
Kristen K. Sheppard, Esq.
VP, Investor Relations
ksheppard@nxstage.com
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