Sunshine rules finally drop (MassDevice) The White House finally releases long-awaited Sunshine Act rules to regulate and monitor the financial relationships […]
First Device Taxes Paid. Spine likely to benefit (Orthopedics This Week) The government’s take on the first bi-monthly payment of the
Smith & Nephew Reduces Workforce (Memphis Daily News) Smith & Nephew eliminated nearly 100 jobs in Memphis and Andover, Mass., on
Amedica Announces Expansion Of Executive Team (press release) Amedica Corporation, a spinal and reconstructive medical device manufacturer, today announced several new
OBESITY A BUMMER FOR RUPTURED DISCS (Orthopedics This Week) Obese patients are more likely to have surgical treatment for a slipped
FDA Safety Communication: Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants (FDA) Link: http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm335775.htm Date Issued: Jan. 17, 2013 Audience: Orthopaedic surgeons Health care providers responsible for
SpinalMotion closes 4th tranche of $15M round (Mass Device) Medical device company SpinalMotion closes the 4th and final round of a
ZIMMER’S PERSONALIZED GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR KNEES GAINS CLEARANCE (Orthopedics This Week) Calling it “Revolutionary,” Zimmer Holdings, Inc. announced the 510(k) clearance
METAL-ON-METAL HIPS TO REQUIRE PMA (Orthopedics This Week) The FDA has decided that makers of metal-on-metal total hip replacement systems
World-renowned Orthopedic Surgeon Sues Medical Device Company For Breach Of Contract (The Sacramento Bee) Dr. Andrew Cappuccino claims NuVasive, Inc. failed
Stryker to Acquire Trauson Holdings for $764 Million (Orthopedics This Week) Stryker announced plans today to acquire Trauson Holdings, the leading trauma
http://www.massdevice.com/news/layoffs-zimmer-spine-getinge-shutter-plants-texas At least 95 Texas medical device employees will lose their jobs this year after Zimmer Spine closes its facility
Stryker Says Hip Recall to Cost Up to $390M (Claims Journal) Stryker Corp on Wednesday said a hip implant recall
Sonoma Orthopedic Products, Inc. Announces Launch of New VELOX™ procedure with Sonoma CRx® clavicle repair device Sonoma Orthopedic Products,
Moximed Implants First Kinespring System (Orthopedics This Week) Early intervention for OA…Moximed, Inc. has announced that its KineSpring System, an implantable
GE Capital Closes $21.5 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility for Amedica Corporation (press release) GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services announced today
DFINE Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Biomet (press release) SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DFINE, Inc., the developer of minimally invasive radiofrequency (RF)
California start-up making surgical tools for orthopedics procedures raises $19.5 million (MedCity News) Ceterix Orthopaedics, based in Menlo Park, California, which
ArthoCare buys out Calif.’s Eleven Blade (Austin Business Journal) Medical device maker ArthroCare Corp.has reached a $7 million stock purchase agreement with
DJO Global Acquires Exos Corporation (press release) DJO Global, Inc. (“DJO Global” or the “Company”), a global provider of medical device
The FDA slaps Zimmer with Class I status for a global medical device recall of spinal surgery instruments (MassDevice) MASSDEVICE
TranS1 Inc. has reached a tentative agreement to settle a federal investigation for $6 million (Orthopedics This Week) The U.S. Department
BEST PEDICLE SCREW IN THE WORLD? (Orthopedics This Week) Israel-based Expanding Orthopedics Inc. announced that the Rizzoli Institute in Bologna, Italy,
MEDTRONIC BUYS ACCESS TO 80% OF CHINA’S TIER ONE HOSPITALS (Orthopedics Today) What’s medical product distribution worth in China? Apparently about
JAPAN OPENS ARMS TO NUVASIVE’S COROENT (Orthopedics This Week) NuVasive, Inc’s CoRoent Large Impacted and CoRoent Large Tapered titanium alloy implants
Zimmer Spine Issues Urgent Worldwide Medical Device Recall of the Inserter Instrument for the PEEK Ardis® Interbody Spacer (press release) MINNEAPOLIS,
Orthofix Concludes Bone Growth Stimulator Investigation (press release) Orthofix International N.V., (NASDAQ:OFIX) (the Company) announced today that it has resolved all
Cerapedics Secures $19 Million Series C Financing (press release) http://www.cerapedics.com/ Cerapedics, Inc. announced that it recently completed a Series C round
Medical companies brace for ‘devastating’ ObamaCare tax, prepare for layoffs (FoxNews) Andre DiMino has been running medical device company ADM Tronics
Bioventus to Expand Memphis Location (Tenn Gov) Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty today joined with Bioventus
Spectrum, SpineSource brace for medical device tax (St Louis Biz Journal) Medical device companies expect a new federal tax to start
BMP Issue Not Going Away…Registries on the Rise…and More (Orthopedics This Week) BMP Issue Not Going Away A certain spine surgeon
Former OtisMed Corp. (NYSE:SYK) CEO Charlie Chi admitted to intentionally distributing knee replacement surgery cutting guides after the company’s application
Off-Label Use and Promotion Protected by Federal Court (Orthopedics This Week) Federal appeals court panel said on Monday, December 3, that
The Worldwide President of Depuy Synthes Spine, Namal Nawana, just announced his resignation this morning after only a few months
US$30m R&D investment at medical devices giant Stryker’s Cork operation (Silicone Republic) Twenty new R&D jobs are to be created as
AdvaMed Chief Predicts Device Tax Delay (Orthopedics This Week) Stephen Ubl, the president and CEO of the world’s largest medical technology
Dramatic Rise in Shoulder Arthroplasty (Orthopedics This Week) Shoulder Arthroplasty Exploding John Sperling, M.D., M.B.A. is professor of Orthopedic Surgery at
Two New FDA Rulings Expand Integra’s Product Offerings (Orthopedics This Week) Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration approved an
Variation in TKA & THA Rates (Orthopedics This Week) The rate at which surgeons perform hip and knee replacements as well
Bioventus Leases $5M Office, Creates 44 Jobs (Area Development) Bioventus, an orthopedic products producer, will invest $5 million to lease 40,000-square-foot
Stryker Corp. to complete planned layoffs of 1,000 workers by end of 2012 (Michigan Live) Stryker Corp.’s planned layoffs of 5
Wright Medical to buy BioMimetic for $190M (Bloomberg) Press Release from Wright Medical device maker Wright Medical Group Inc. plans to
Go Duke! Researchers Create Joint Cartilage (Orthopedics This Week) Step by step researchers are closing in on a major goal in
Synthes Recalls Every Fixation Nail System Sold Since 2004 (Orthopedics This Week) Synthes Trauma has recalled every single Trauma Fixation Nail
RTI Biologics launches new biologic implant for orthopedic and spine surgeries (Equities) RTI Biologics Inc., or RTI, a processor of orthopedic,
Corin set for £30.5m takeover (Insider Media) Italian consortium 2IL Orthopaedics Ltd has made an offer of £30.5m to acquire orthopaedics
Tornier Appoints David H. Mowry as Interim President and CEO (press release) Tornier N.V., a global medical device company focused on
Orthopedic implant startup hopes to find market share with lower-cost proven technology (MedCityNews) NovoSource Inc. doesn’t claim to have the next cutting
Intrinsic draws up $11.6M funding round (MassHighTech) Spinal implant maker Intrinsic Therapeutics Inc. has landed another round of equity, options and warrants
