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24 February 2021
Medela Freestyle Flex wins Tell Me Baby 2021 Award for Highest Rated Portable Breast Pump and is also named 2021 Award Winner for Portable Breast Pump by Product Review.com
Medela is honoured to announce that our Freestyle Flex has won the Tell Me Baby 2021 Award for highest rated Portable Breast Pump. Tell Me Baby is a growing and respected Australian digital parent community and product review platform from ...
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10 February 2021
Impact that matters - From good intentions to specific actions
As a member of the Swedish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Medela is delighted to support their ongoing events to support equality and inclusion in the workplace on 11 February 2021 with the participation of our CEO Annette Brüls as a panelist.
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04 February 2021
Scientific paper ‘Promoting and Protecting Human Milk & Breastfeeding in a COVID-19 World’ published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics
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19 January 2021
Medela Introduces Category Expansion with New Baby Care Product Line Developed with Experts, called Medela Baby
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19 January 2021
Medela Expands Support of the Mother-Baby Bond Introducing New Category Expansion and New All-Natural Breast Care Product
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22 December 2020
Employee feedback helps Medela win best CEO and best Company for Women awards!
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22 December 2020
Medela Cares – A year-end Update
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15 December 2020
Medela Announces New Data Demonstrating that Thopaz+ Digital Chest Drain Improves Safety and Helps Prevent Cross-Contamination During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
▪Findings from an infection control study demonstrate Medela’s Thopaz/Thopaz+ Digital Chest Drainage and Monitoring System effectively blocks small aerosolized viral and bacterial particles
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03 December 2020
Medela Unveils the Next Generation of The Moms’ Room to Support Breastfeeding Families Across the U.S.
Medela’s Comprehensive Program for Breastfeeding Moms Offers Exclusive Benefits and Unapparelled Support
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03 December 2020
Preserving breastfeeding during COVID times
Medela initiative to raise awareness on the global impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding and to protect and support breastfeeding during COVID-19 times
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17 November 2020
World Prematurity Day 2020
Improving preterm babies’ health and survival through Medela’s NICU QI initiative
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10 November 2020
New Data Demonstrates Medela Innovates the Standard of Care for Negative Wound Pressure Therapy (NPWT)
Peer-reviewed Poster Published at SAWC Fall 2020 Details Invia® Liberty™ NPWT Systems Accelerated Performance
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30 October 2020
Medela receives best place to work recognition in North America
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27 October 2020
Medela and Aeroflow Breastpumps Launch Dream At-Home Breastfeeding & Pump Room Makeover Opportunity for Moms Across the Country
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20 October 2020
Medela USA Recognized as a Valuable Local Business
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15 September 2020
Medela and Rebecca Minkoff Unveil Limited-Edition Breast Pump Tote as Part of Breastfeeding is Beautiful Collaboration
Designed to transition from pump bag to diaper bag and beyond, tote features removable inner pouch, inner and outer pockets, three adjustable straps and an easy-clean exterior Tote to be showcased at Rebecca Minkoff New York Fashion Week show on ...
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08 September 2020
#StrongerTogether- 1'371'027 kilometres against breast cancer
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26 August 2020
Medela China partnered with Tmall Club for “Power of Nature, Beauty of Moms” exhibition in Shanghai
Week-long event educated on the value of mother's milk and reinforced support for breastfeeding mums in China
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25 August 2020
Medela Awarded Suction Canisters Yankauers Agreement with Premier Inc.
Medela has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for Suction Canisters Yankauers with Premier Inc.
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19 August 2020
Virtual panel discussion with Medela and The Wellbeing Foundation Africa shines light on breastfeeding barriers in high-risk countries
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18 August 2020
Redefining a Legacy, Medela Announces NEW Pump In Style® Breast Pump with First-of-Its-Kind MaxFlow™ Technology
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04 August 2020
Medela Partners with The Wellbeing Foundation Africa to Fight Infant Mortality and Improve Breastfeeding Rates in Nigeria
Medela Cares initiative to help combat malnutrition and low breastfeeding rates in Nigeria by focusing on lactation care offered to mothers of NICU infants
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04 August 2020
Medela Joins the United Nations Global Compact & Launches Global Corporate Social Responsibility Program, Providing Support for COVID-19 Essential Workers
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27 July 2020
Medela wins best places to work awards for 2020
Employee feedback is critical for strengthening corporate culture. Working with Comparably, Medela collected feedback from our current employees via anonymous surveys to capture what it’s like to be part of the Medela family. As a result of this ...
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24 July 2020
New Chatham House report underscores global importance of breast milk
Research from Chatham House and Vivid Economics names breastfeeding as integral to global fight against malnutrition
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07 July 2020
Medela Awarded 2020 Vendor of the Year by the Pacific Coast Region of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society™ (WOCN®)
Medela’s Healthcare business receives prestigious recognition for its ongoing efforts to support WOC Nurses across the country
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18 June 2020
Medela Cares: Addressing global challenges and creating social value through strategic corporate responsibility
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29 May 2020
Medela voted “most trusted” breast pump brand
It’s an award-winning year for Medela! All over the globe, moms – expecting and new – are hearing that Medela is a brand they can trust and our breast pumps and accessory items are recommended by parents and experts alike.
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19 May 2020
Medela opens New Production Line in the US and more than Triples Production in Switzerland of Critical Portable Suction Systems Aiding Hospital Ventilator Support and Patients with COVID-19
•Launch of US American Vario 18 AC Production Line as Rapid Response to Local Surge of Infection Rates •Expands Access to Vario 18 as well as Dominant Flex and Basic Suction ...
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06 May 2020
COVID-19: Support of research projects on breast milk and antibodies
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24 April 2020
Medela China moves into new premises in Shanghai
Earlier this month Medela opened its new office in Shanghai, marking another important milestone for the Chinese team and the entire company.
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16 April 2020
New marketing guidelines aligned with our purpose: To enhance mother and baby health through live-giving benefits of human milk
Since 1961, Medela is proud to support breastfeeding and human lactation and we have made it our goal to enhance mother and baby health through the life-giving benefits of human milk. To reinforce this commitment and ensure that our offering of ...
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10 April 2020
Medela Engineering Challenge: Can our breast pump become a ventilator?
Medela Engineering Challenge
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23 March 2020
COVID-19 - How we are supporting our communities
Dear Customers, This is an unprecedented time for all of us. On behalf of Medela, I would like to thank all doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals and care teams that are caring for patients during this global pandemic. Their courage is ...
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17 January 2020
How local Melbourne community initiative for wildlife re-hydration is saving thousands of Aussie animals affected by the bushfire crisis - one Medela breast milk storage bag at a time!
Australia’s bushfire crisis has ravaged 10.7 million hectares, at least 29 people have died and over 2,000 homes lost. It’s been estimated that around 1.25 billion animals have been killed across Australia to date. This includes thousands of ...
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04 December 2019
Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium 2020
Join us for the 15th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Lisbon, Portugal, from 26 to 27 March, 2020
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14 November 2019
Hosting the next generation at Medela
This year's Future Day – the Swiss version of Take A Child To Work Day – afforded youngsters a fascinating glimpse of their parent's or family relative's multifaceted workplace at Medela.
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05 November 2019
Three pop-up milk cafés in Germany, powered by Medela
Coffee to go, a chance to breastfeed and a chat with like-minded individuals beckoned at four Medela opening events in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Vienna in November.
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31 October 2019
A chance to save 20,000 lives a year
October was breast cancer awareness month, with opportunities to learn about prevention, research and treatment of breast cancer through numerous activities and initiatives around the world. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and ...
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22 October 2019
Prestigious award for Medela Germany
Medela Germany among best companies for families in 2019
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02 October 2019
Medela debuts at New York Fashion Week
Rebecca Minkoff, fashion design powerhouse and CEO (and currently, a Medela breast pump user) invited Medela to be a category exclusive sponsor of her Fall 2019 show at New York Fashion Week.
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25 January 2019
Breastfeeding and Lactation
Latest research insights
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18 January 2019
PersonalFit Flex - smart design optimizations for the breastfeeding mom
Author Kate Miller concludes: "Medela's PersonalFit Flex could be the Most Life-Changing Breast Shield ever". Great effort of the Medela US team and Medela HQ based Dr. Danielle Prime. Excellent support for the Flex launch in the US.
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11 April 2018
“Investigate, measure, think twice before cutting.” New evidence that cutting tongue ties may not help infants to breastfeed
Baar, Switzerland/Paris, France – 11 April 2018. “Older literature suggests surgical division, frenotomy, is simple solution for breastfeeding problems. When anyone says simple, run a mile. Nothing is simple.” said Assoc Prof Donna Geddes at the ...
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09 April 2018
Mother’s Milk in the first 1,000 days of life: Key to a lifetime of good health and the future of medicine.
“People think the genes are everything. Actually the environment in the first 1,000 days dramatically influences the way those genes act throughout your life,” said Prof Laurent Storme, and launched into an exposé on the lifelong impact of the ...
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22 March 2018
Mother’s milk: An ounce of prevention is worth billions in cures
“It is time for breastfeeding to take its place alongside vaccines as a global primary public health intervention.” said Prof Tricia Johnson today at the press conference for the 13th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Paris.
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09 March 2018
Annette Brüls appointed new CEO of Medela
The Board of Directors of medical technology company Medela has named Annette Brüls as its new CEO. She will replace Michael Larsson effective 1 May 2018. Larsson has headed the Executive Board of Medela, a globally successful company ...
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26 February 2018
A new global analysis calls for breast milk feeding as a “Primary Public health Intervention”
Baar, Switzerland/Paris, France – 26 February 2018. Who stands to gain when babies get mother’s milk? According to the most recent meta-studies of both full-term and premature babies: Everyone. At the 13th International Breastfeeding and ...
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26 February 2018
New evidence that mother’s milk offers unique prevention for asthma, a disease with no cure
In Switzerland, one in 10 children and one in 14 adults suffer from asthma (1), a disease with no known cure. Now, a pioneering, multidisciplinary study offers new scientific evidence that breast milk can prevent asthma.
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19 February 2018
Amazing discoveries in the science of human milk and lactation to be discussed by top researchers at the 13th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium
Baar, Switzerland/Paris, France – 19 February 2018. Nature has created only one food that perfectly matches the entire range of human biological needs: mother’s milk. At the 13th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Paris, 22-23 ...
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08 November 2017
Healthy Brain, Healthy Body, Wealthy Society: The health-economic benefits of human milk feeding for premature babies and society
Baar, 8 Nov 2017. “Mother’s own milk is the best medicine a premature infant can receive,” says Professor Guido Moro. The world’s first meta-study of over 100,000 premature babies in the UK and Germany offers powerful evidence that human milk ...
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08 May 2017
Medela’s in-house clinical trials help usher in a new generation of devices that benefit millions of moms around the world
Why have in-house clinical trials? They bring mothers and Medela scientists together directly. Mothers talk, and the scientists listen, gaining profound new insights into what mothers and babies still need to truly thrive along the breastfeeding ...
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02 May 2017
300 million years of evolution have matched mother’s milk to the baby’s brain: Cow’s milk for a human brain?
“Moms liquefy their bodies to feed their babies,” says evolutionary biologist Katie Hinde. Her latest cross-species research offers indisputable evidence that human breast milk is peerless in providing the necessary nutrients, hormones and ...
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25 April 2017
World’s leading breastfeeding advocate urges health professionals to be honest with mums
“Is breastfeeding always natural?” is a question that one of the world’s most influential breastfeeding experts answered at Medela’s 12th International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium earlier this month. Her honesty was truly inspiring and ...
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18 April 2017
The world’s leading researchers agree: 130 million babies need breast milk now
“Breast milk is food, medicine, and signal; it is the first food a baby has evolved to eat, and we do not know enough about it to replicate it.” With this statement, symposium speaker Assoc. Prof. Katie Hinde articulated the foremost reason for ...
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28 March 2017
New pasteurization method will increase the critical value of breast milk at milk banks
Breast milk plays a critical role in supporting the vulnerable premature infant’s immune system, growth, and long-term cognitive development. April 7-8, at the International Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Florence, Prof. Guido Moro ...
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17 February 2017
Breast milk breakthroughs: Breast milk components proven to kill over 40 kinds of cancer
Baar/Bologna, 17 February 2017. Breast milk components can kill cancer cells? This and other revolutionary research in breastfeeding and human milk will be explored in depth, as nine of the most renowned international researchers convene in ...
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22 April 2016
11th international Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium
Love and optimal nutrition are especially important for babies to thrive. Breast milk as a food combines both for healthy infants: close contact with mother and a supply of nutrients and protective substances tailored to the child's individual ...
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11 January 2016
Medela launches their new dressing kit as part of their independent NPWT strategy
Medela, a global leader in vacuum technology, with a portfolio spanning from breastfeeding to medical devices, announces the decision to become a full-solution provider for NPWT with the launch of their new dressing kit. Previously, Medela had ...
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01 January 2016
Leonhardt Bauer announced as new Executive Vice President of Medela Healthcare
We are pleased to announce that Leonhardt Bauer has taken on the role of Executive Vice President (EVP) at Medela Healthcare on 1 January 2016.
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18 April 2015
10th international Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium
At Medela's 10th Breastfeeding and Lactation Symposium in Warsaw, which took place over this weekend (17-18 April 2015) over 450 delegates from 48 countries were reminded of the immeasurable value that breast milk provides for both preterm and ...
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16 June 2014
Medela launches Thopaz+
Thopaz+ digital chest drainage system provides comprehensive post-operative management of chest tubes for improved patient care and shorter hospital stays.
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27 January 2014
Thopaz™ shortens chest tube duration and length of stay by one full day
Medela Healthcare today announces research results that prove patients managed with digital drainage system Thopaz™ had a significantly shorter air leak duration, chest tube duration and postoperative length of stay compared to those managed with ...
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