Our history A long history of excellence, growth and innovation in healthcare. The Gada Group is the result of the merger of successful companies which were operating between 1978 and 1996 and were specialized in the distribution of innovative medical technology for the healthcare sector in Italy. Always ready to assist and create value for patients and their partners, today the Group has a prominent place in providing unique technological solutions and delivering quality, integrated healthcare services. 1978 Debut in general surgery Distribution of Ethicon SpA surgical suture threads 1981 Debut in the blood management field Distribution of Terumo 1983 Debut in Cardiac Surgery With the introduction of Terumo Capiox® II, the world's first hollow fiber oxygenator 1984 Debut in interventional radiology With the introduction of the first Terumo hydrophilic guide wires, the Terumo Radifocus® 1985 Cormed Srl is established distribution of medical equipment, heart valve prosthesis, cardiac surgical equipment for operating rooms, systems for oncological therapies and critical care 1986 Formedical Srl is established distribution of medical devices and equipment for various surgical specialties 1996 Biocor Srl is established distribution of medical devices for laboratory tests and transfusion centers 1997 First sales of Excebrane® dialyzer The first Terumo dialyzer with bioactive cellulose membrane and vitamin E 2000 EPS activities start Edwards Lifesciences perfusion services division - Milan 2002 Nefroline Srl is established Distribution of devices for the nephrology and dialysis markets 2002 Partnership Agreement with Asahi Kasei Medical Exclusive distribution of dialyzers and FAV needles 2002 Introduction of the Terumo Advanced Perfusion System 1 2003 Nihon Medical Italia Spa is established Distribution of devices for interventional cardiology 2004 First sales of Terumo Advanced Perfusion System 1 equipment at 5 major hospitals 2004 Edwards perfusion services division in Italy is acquired by the founders of GADA EPS SpA is established as an Italian perfusion service provider 2005 First sales of Vitabrane® Dialyzer The first Asahi dialyzer with bioactive polysulfone membrane and vitamin E 2005 GADA® group is founded All commercial activities and services are unified under the name GADA 2006 Partnership agreement with Greiner Bio for central Italy Exclusive distribution for laboratory pre-analytics 2006 Partnership agreement with W.L. Gore for Italy Exclusive national distribution of cardiac surgery products 2007 Partnership agreement with Terumo Cardiovascular for the entire territory of Italy Exclusive national distribution of products for cardiac and cardiopulmonary interventions 2008 Introduction of the Nobori® Drug Eluting Stent Terumo First Generation Biodegradable Polymer Coated Drug Eluting Stent 2010 Over 1,700 patients are treated daily with ASAHI dialyzers Products distributed by the Dialysis division of GADA 2011 Partnership Agreement with Abiomed Exclusive national distribution of Impella® cardiac assist devices 2011 25+ Terumo System 1 equipment installations 2011 First installation of the TACSI PL platelet and leukocyte production system in a hospital Fully automated Terumo equipment for processing leukocyte and platelet concentrates 2012 Distribution agreement with Symetis and first ACURATE TA ™ transapical catheter valve implant in Italy Symetis transapical approach valve - TAVR (Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi, University of Bologna) 2014 Performed the first ACURATE neo ™ / TF transcatheter valve implant with transfemoral approach in Italy Symetis transfemoral approach valve - TAVR (Pineta Grande Hospital, Caserta) 2014 Introduction of Ultimaster® Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) Terumo 2nd Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Coated in Bioresorbable Polymer 2014 First installation of the TACSI WB blood component production system Terumo equipment for fully automated pre-collected whole blood processing 2015 Performed the 1,000th procedure with the Symetis ACURATEneo ™ / TF System at the Ferrarotto University of Catania 2015 Performed the first Impella® RP catheter implantation procedure in Italy Abiomed rapid expansion percutaneous right heart assist device (San Raffaele Hospital, Milan) 2016 Estension integrated services for EPS SpA 2017 Birth of Silhos, integrated solutions for healthcare logistics 2017 Merger between Cormed and Gada Italia 2018 New partnership with Principia 2018 Partnership with Neovasc for the distribution of Reducer 2018 Partnership with Lifetech Scientific Corporation 2021 Acquisition of Evoluzione Srl Home Who we are Gada Gadamed Eps Copyright ©2021 GADA Spa – VAT 04414701005 Cookies & privacy policy