Histogenics Closes $49 Million Series A Fundraising to Support Commercial Development of Transformational Cartilage Repair Products (press release) –Proceeds to Drive […]
Wright Medical sought to block Smith & Nephew’s metal-on-metal hip implant (MassDevice) See timeline at bottom of article Wright Medical filed
CONMED Corporation and Exactech to Partner in North America on Comprehensive Medical Education Programs to Treat the Continuum of Shoulder
MAKO Disappoints in 2Q; Shakes Up Management (Orthopedics This Week) On July 9, MAKO Surgical Corp. announced “slower than expected growth”
RI physician’s assistant sentenced for kickbacks (Boston.com) A Rhode Island physician’s assistant has been sentenced to six months in prison and
New in Spine: K2M Launches Rail 4D (Orthopedics This Week) K2M, Inc. has announced the debut of its new Rail 4D
Stryker 2Q12: Slightly Disappointing; Searching for New CEO (Orthopedics This Week) Stryker Corporation reported $2.106 billion in sales for the second
Globus Medical Sees IPO at $16-$18 a Share (Reuters) Spinal implant manufacturer Globus Medical Inc said it expected its initial public
$10 Million Raised for Cartilage Repair (Orthopedics This Week) An Israeli medical device company, CartiHeal Ltd, which was spun off from
Teleflex Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell OEM Orthopedics Business for $45.2 Million (press release) Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global
Iconacy Joins Warsaw Orthopedics Family (Stacey Page Onlie) A new orthopedic company coming to Warsaw was granted tax abatements Monday night
Generics are Coming! Generics are Coming! (written by Dr. Blair Rhode for ORTHOPRENEUR Nov 2011) Blair Rhode, M.D. is a sports
MAKO Surgical Corp. Reports Selected Operating Results for the Second Quarter 2012 (press release) Second Quarter 2012 Highlights Nine RIO(R) systems
iWalk gets $3M, launches BiOM for more amputees (Mass High Tech) Weeks after launching a new version of its bionic ankle
Joint down, spine up: Trends in orthopedics (MassDevice) Free Summary Report of Technologies Group purchasing organization Novation reports on recent trends
Stryker Hip Stem Recall Raises Warnings (Orthopedics This Week) While a blue ribbon FDA panel was wrestling with problems associated with
Stryker Initiates Voluntary Product Recall of Modular-Neck Stems (press release) Stryker has voluntarily recalled its Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck stems.
Mindray Medical Jumps Into Orthopedic Implants (Investors.com) China’s Mindray Medical International, (MR) the world’s No. 3 maker of patient monitors, expanded into
China Orthopedic: What Drives The Growth? (Seeking Alpha) China has around 200 million people over the age of 60 now, with
Growth in spine surgery technologies to 2020 (Med Market Diligence) Driven by aging populations and technological advances leading to improved devices
Stryker to Cut New York Jobs (Orthopedics This Week) According to a “WARN” notice filed with the state of New York,
Greatbatch to Relocate Ortho Unit – Analyst Blog (Nasdaq Blog) Medical technology company, Greatbatch Inc. recently proposed to relocate Greatbatch Medical’s orthopedics manufacturing
NLT SPINE: Positive Results for PROW FUSION (Orthopedics This Week) Go in small, but deliver a big footprint…NLT SPINE has announced
Joint Implant Material Created at Colorado State University Now Working in Humans (Colorado State) FORT COLLINS – A new, longer-lasting joint implant
Mass. reaction: Insurers feel better while device makers ill (Boston Herald) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts CEO Andrew Dreyfus hardly
Benvenue Medical Secures $25 Million Series D Financing (press release) Spine Company is Well-Poised for Rapid U.S. and Global Sales in
J&J’s Synthes deal purportedly benefited chairman (Bloomberg News) Johnson & Johnson’s $21.3 billion buyout of Synthes Inc. shortchanged the medical-device maker’s
Corin Group Reaches Agreement With LARS SA (press release) Corin Group Plc. (CRG.L) said it has reached an agreement with LARS
Europe’s recession likely to hurt Stryker’s orthopedic business in Q2 (MassDevice) Southern Europe remains a “challenging” environment for ortho giant Stryker
FDA Panel: No Answers to MoM Hip Dilemma (MedPageToday) Two days of public hearings yielded little in the way of solid
Orthopedic Extremity Device Market to Surge Past $4.2B by 2016 (Millennium Research Group) According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global
F.D.A. Hearing to Focus on Replacement Hips (NY Times) The Food and Drug Administration will start a two-day hearing on Wednesday meant to
FDA Reports Nearly 17,000 Adverse Events From Metal Hip Implants (press release) Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a New York law firm nationally
Medical device spin-out SurgaColl Technologies gets €2m injection (Silicon Republic) SurgaColl Technologies, a spin-out from the Royal College of Surgeons in
Hospitals Double Dip on Spine Surgeries (Biloine Young @ OTW) Some California hospitals collect duplicate payments for spinal surgeries—get paid twice—according
Change is in the Air: A Medtech Industry SWOT Analysis (QMED) Medical device companies are being forced to rethink their business
Blood Clots Heal Rotator Cuff Tears (Biloine Young @ OTW) Can a blood clot help heal a rotator cuff tear? Christopher
MacMillan to DePuySynthes? (Walter Eisner @ OTW) First The Wall Street Journal reported that the former Stryker Corporation CEO was gunning for a
Venture capitalists back away from “me, too” companies (MassDevice) Venture capitalists are looking to put their money into med-tech’s next disruptive
Biomimedica® Announces the Closing of its Oversubscribed Series B Financing (press release) Biomimedica®, Incorporated (www.biomimedica.com), a medical device start-up company
Timothy Daniels, MD Presents Results from Augment™ Injectable Bone Graft Clinical Trial (press release) Dr. Timothy Daniels, associate professor of orthopedic
Precision Spine Acquires Spinal USA, LLC & Precision Medical of Mississippi, LLC (press release) Precision Spine, Inc. (“Precision Spine”) announced today
De-Cast the Kids, Says Hopkins Study (Biloine Young @ OTW) new study from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center challenges the longstanding practice
Human Bone Grown From Stem Cells (Biloine Young @ OTW) Bonus BioGroup website Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
NeoCart Tissue Implant Superior to Microfracture (Biloine Young @ OTW) The regenerative medicine company Histogenics Corporation received encouraging news in an
Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC Debuts New VEGA System® PS Knee Replacement Technology (press release) The VEGA System Design is a Pivotal
CDRH’s Shuren Touts Improvements in FDA Process (HealthPointCapital) Copy of Dr Shuren’s slides –> Dr Shuren – Memphis 11June12 In comments
The FDA granted 20 spine-related device clearances in May. Ayers Rock Cervical Cage from Qualgenix. Lateral Fusion Device from Integra Spine. Mont Blanc Pedicle
TransCorp Spine Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for the SpinePortTM Spinal Access System for Minimally-‐Invasive Access and Visualization of the Cervical
BYU engineers conceive disc replacement to treat chronic low back pain (BYU News) In between the vertebrae of the human spine
