Lawyers will earn $1B from the DePuy Metal-on-Metal Hip settlement -

Lawyers will earn $1B from the DePuy Metal-on-Metal Hip settlement

LAWYERS SET TO EARN $1 BILLION IN DEPUY ASR DEAL (Orthopedics This Week) Lawyers representing over 8,000 plaintiffs in DePuy ASR […]

Smith and Nephew makes an emerging markets move into Brazil

Brazil’s Big Opportunity Can’t Wait for This Health Care Leader (Daily Finance) Read S+N Press Release here Read also… Trend contiues

The UK has banned Metal-on-Metal Hips at NHS funded hospitals

MOM HIPS: BANNED IN BRITAIN (Orthopedics This Week) The United Kingdom has banned metal-on-metal hips. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS),

Opinion: Disc preservation can reduce number of fusions

Lecturer: Disc preservation can reduce number of fusions (Helio) With back pain becoming increasingly more common, the clinical implications of disc

One hospital’s experience with the 3-hour Outpatient Unicompartmental Knee Replacement

NEW DATA ON 3-HOUR OUTPATIENT PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENT (Orthopedics This Week) Don’t fear the outpatient experience, says the largest study ever

Arthrosurface’s stemless shoulder arthroplasty reaches the 10 year mark

Arthrosurface Stemless Shoulder Arthroplasty Hits 10 Year Mark (Providence Journal) Arthrosurface Incorporated (www.arthrosurface.com), a developer of less-invasive joint restoration and resurfacing

Review of M&A activity in Orthopedics in 2013

2013 Medtech M&A Review: A Lot of M&A Movement in Orthopedics (MDDI Online) List of Recent Mergers and Acquisitions This year

4 Inside Traders from the Stryker/Orthovita acquision will be sentenced

STRYKER/ORTHOVITA INSIDE TRADERS PLEAD GUILTY (Orthopedics This Week) After Stryker Corporation (download 4-page analysis of Stryker HERE) acquired Orthovita, Inc. in 2011, the

Vietnam leading the treatment of knee OA with stem cells derived from fat tissue

VIETNAM TESTING KNEE STEM CELL TREATMENT (Orthopedics This Week) According to Vietweek, Vietnam is one of the few countries in the world

The blood Injections that might transform Orthopedics

THE BLOOD INJECTIONS THAT MIGHT TRANSFORM ORTHOPEDIC (The New Yorker) Chris Waddell has been an élite athlete for more than two

Amedica, a Silicon Nitride materials spine startup, files for a $35M IPO

Amedica Files for IPO (press release) Amedica Corporation, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based silicon nitride orthopedic and spine implant company, has

J&J will pay $4B to settle all 7,500 hip replacement lawsuits

J&J Said to Reach $4 Billion Deal to Settle Hip Lawsuits (NY Times) Recall Costs 94 Percent Federal Suits Sulzer Settlement

China begins new knee OA cell study to evaluate a human adipose-derived mesenchymal precursor cell therapy

KNEE OA CELL THERAPY TRIALS IN CHINA (Orthopedics This Week) Renji Hospital in Shanghai, a tertiary hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao

OrthoSensor partners with Zimmer to provide its intraoperative sensor for the NexGen Knee system

Zimmer, OrthoSensor Ink Co-Marketing Partnership (press release) Agreement Provides VERASENSE Knee Technology for use with Zimmer Knee Systems OrthoSensor, a leader

Integra LifeSciences clears Intervertebral gage with new material combination

INTEGRA GOES “HOLLYWOOD” INTERVERTEBRALLY (Orthopedics This Week) The FDA has issued a 510 (k) clearance for Integra LifeSciences Holding Corporation’s Hollywood

Unplanned readmission rates for Total Joint patients now reach 5% within 90 days

JOINT ARTHROPLASTY READMISSIONS TOP 5% (Orthopedics This Week) A little more than 5% of patients who undergo total hip and knee

NASS strikes back at Washington Post suggesting most spine fusion surgery is unnecessary

Spinal fusions serve as case study for debate over when certain surgeries are necessary (Washington Post) NASS Executive Committee Responds to

French to develop Total Knees that fit Chinese anatomy

Artificial knee joints tailored for Chinese people (English.News.CN) Chinese people’s joints wear out too, but replacement implants have, on occasion, been

Australian registry draws attention to the best/worst performing total joint implants

AUSTRALIA IDENTIFIES BEST AND WORST PERFORMING JOINT REPLACEMENTS (Orthopedics This Week) Every year 8,000 Australians have to get back on the

BIOMET completes first-in-man of a new Stemless Total Shoulder Replacement

BIOMET IMPLANTS FIRST U.S. STEMLESS SHOULDER (Orthopedics This Week) Biomet, Inc.’s new stemless shoulder is moving and grooving in its first

The Brits demand longer lasting Hips – 95% survivorship at 10 years

NICE WANTS LONGER LASTING HIPS (Orthopedics This Week) The Brits, who first raised warnings about metal-on-metal hips, have issued a new

New low cost spine supplier enters the fray, SpineDirect

SpineDirect, LLC Launches Revolutionary High Quality, Low Cost Spinal Implant Solution (press release) All Generic Implant articles at OrthoStreams PALM HARBOR,

The acquisition of Wright Medical’s Hip/Knee business makes MicroPort a global player in 51 days

Wright takes MicroPort global in 51 days (with Video) (Memphis Business Journal) If you could put together a $290 million deal

Stryker to pay $13M to settle civil charges of bribing doctors in 5 countries – Argentina, Greece, Mexico, Poland, and Romania

Stryker to pay $13.2 mln to settle civil bribery charges (press release) Stryker (download 4-page analysis of Stryker HERE) agreed to pay >US $13.2MM to settle alleged

K2M to distribute Amedica’s Silicon Nitride interbody spinal fusion devices in Europe

Amedica And K2M Partner To Expand Distribution Of Silicon Nitride Interbody Spinal Fusion Devices In Europe (press release) Amedica Corporation, a

EU says “No” to a proposed FDA-like pre-market approval process

EU Parliament: No PMAs here please The European Parliament today votes not to require medical devices to undergo an approval

The Life Sciences IPO resurgence leaves out Medical Devices

Life Sciences IPO Boom Leaves Out Medical Devices (WSJ Blogs) Biotechnology startups have stampeded to the public markets this year, but

Medtronic Spine brings an innovative access to L5-S1 called the OLIF approach (Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion)

MEDTRONIC CLAIMS “FIRST” IN LATERAL ACCESS SPINE SURGERY (Orthopedics This Week) Medtronic, Inc. says it has scored a first by introducing

The 10 best new spine technologies in 2013

THE TEN BEST NEW SPINE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 2013 (Orthopedics This Week) The winners of the 2013 Orthopedics This Week Best New Technology award

Wright Medical acquires the French foot and ankle company Biotech International for $80M

Wright Medical Group, Inc. Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Biotech International (press release) Wright Medical to buy French firm for $75

The medical device industry has “lost” $131B in revenues since the financial collapse of 2008

Medical Devices and the Great Deflation (MassDevice) The medical device industry’s financial growth has been cut dramatically following the Great Recession,

Independent review finds “no intentional bias” in Medtronic Spine BMP studies

STUDY: NO INTENTIONAL BIAS IN MEDTRONIC BMP STUDIES (Orthopedics This Week) Study Finds NO Intentional Medtronic BMP Bias His national database

Micropulse, an Orthopedic manufacturer based in Indiana, continues to expand

Medical Device Manufacturer Plans Expansion (OnlineTMD) “From pharmaceutical to orthopedic leaders, Indiana’s sound fiscal policies, low-tax structure, and talented workforce continue

Small Orthos have the most to lose with the controversial 2.3% excise tax, as the Big Orthos fight it

Small Device Companies May Bear Biggest Brunt of Controversial Tax (OrthoSpineNews) Large companies making medical devices such as artificial knees are

Mesoblast acquires Osiris’ culture expanded stem cell business for $50M plus another $50M bonus for regulatory milestones

MESOBLAST ACQUIRES OSIRIS’ CULTURE EXPANDED STEM CELL THERAPEUTIC BUSINESS (press release) MELBOURNE, Australia and NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)