Stryker is supoenaed for OtisKnee marketing practices -

Stryker is supoenaed for OtisKnee marketing practices

from Stryker’s 10-Q – Sept 30, 2010, In the third quarter of 2010, the Company received separate subpoenas from the U.S. […]

Smith & Nephew CEO says to get ready to submit more clinical data to the FDA

Smith & Nephew CEO Sees Toughened US Regulatory Environment (WSJ Online)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth

Nation’s first graduate program in orthopedic regulatory and clinical affairs

OrthoWorx, Grace College launch orthopedic graduate program (South Bend Tribune) OrthoWorx has entered into an agreement with Grace College to

UK spine company, Ranier, gains CE Mark for Cadisc-L lumbar disc replacement

Ranier Lumbar Disc Receives CE Mark (OTW) Ranier Technology raises $8M to commercialize the Cadisc-L in Europe (News Sept 12,

Symmetry closes on $200M – $300M credit facility

Symmetry Medical Closes $200 Million Credit Facility, Agreement Includes a $100 Million Accordion Feature (Press Release)… Unlock the full article

Chinese government approves pricing & reimbursement for NeoStem’s arthroscopic orthopedic autologous adult stem cell based treatment

Local Chinese Government Authorities Approve Pricing and Reimbursement for NeoStem’s Licensed Adult Stem Cell Treatments for Orthopedic Applications in China

Stryker acquires the surgical division of Porex

Stryker Announces Acquisition of Privately-Held Porex Surgical (Stryker Press Release) Porex Corporation Divests Surgical Division to Stryker Corporation (Porex Press

How long can Artimplant continue to lose money?

Artimplant’s CFO resigns (Press Release)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses, hot startups, trends, market intel,

Metal-on-Metal hip replacement guidance from the AAOS

Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement: Orthopaedic Surgeons Provide Awareness and Information to Patients, Medical Community At-Large (AAOS)… Unlock the full article and

M&A activity is making a comeback in Orthopedics in 2011

Medtech Report Shows M&A Values Increasing (HealthPointCapital) The musculoskeletal sector has been on the upswing, with 11 deals in 1H:10

Collagen Matrix is expanding facilities in New Jersey

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K2M introduces lateral MIS spine system

K2M Leaps Into Far Lateral Market (OTW) The RAVINE Lateral Access System was one of the new products announced at

NASS report card from Canaccord analyst Bill Plovanic

“Change” has come to the spine market, and we see a significant impact to the surgeon, the hospital, the implant

UMass develops an inexpensive, synthetic bone called FlexBone to aid in tissue grafting

Synthetic FlexBone Could Help Speed Bone Transplant Recovery (ScienceDaily) Smart orthopedic implants, self-fitting tissue scaffolding created by UMMS researchers (PhysOrg.com)

Alphatec Spine licenses Merlot OrthopediX’s novel bone anchoring system for spine

Merlot OrthopediX Enters into Exclusive Global Agreement with Alphatec Spine to Develop and Market Merlot’s Bone Anchorage Technology for the

FDA chief Hamburg talks about the process to reshape the 510(k) clearance system

FDA chief Hamburg details 510(k) reform path (MassDevice) The FDA is conducting its own review along with a $1.3 million, FDA-commissioned report

FDA Advisory Committee Chair, Dr. John Kelly, Weighs in on ReGen controversy

FDA Advisory Committee Chair Weighs in on L’Affaire ReGen (WSJ) Device Manufacturer Says Politics, Not Science is Driving FDA’s Actions

Med Tech venture funding from a Minneapolis perspective

Weak venture funding shows ‘capital shortage’ (Minn Star Tribune)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses, hot

Pioneer Surgical to open a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Ireland by the end of 2011

Pioneer Goes Irish (OTW)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses, hot startups, trends, market intel, and

Smith and Nephew and Nanotope agree to collaborate on development of Cartilage Regeneration Technology

Arrowhead Portfolio Company, Nanotope, Inc. Enters Agreement with Smith & Nephew for the License and Development of Cartilage Regeneration Technology

The American Joint Replacement Registry starts with 15 US hospitals

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Stanmore Implants acquires Acrobot, a UK robot surgery company

Stanmore Implants Worldwide Buys Robot Surgery Co Acrobot (Dow Jones) Stanmore Implants Worldwide, a privately-held maker of specialized orthopedic implants,

DePuy Spine to distribute Osseon’s steerable VCF needle in the US

Osseon® Therapeutics, Inc. Signs Distribution Agreement with DePuy Spine, Inc. (Press Release)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights:

Cardo Medical, a knee, hip & spine company, cuts staff in half after failing to find funding

Cardo Medical, Inc. Announces Layoffs (Press Release) Cardo Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:CDOM), sells knee, hip and spine implant systems. Cardo Medical acquired

Pioneer Surgical acquires distribution rights to SpineSmith’s Cervical Plate System

Pioneer® Surgical Technology, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Exclusive Access to the Cequence™ Cervical Plate System From SpineSmith, LP (Press

DGIMed Ortho completes first-in-man use of DISTALOCK Titanium Femoral Intramedullary Nail system in US

DGIMED ORTHO Announces First U.S. Use of DISTALOCKTM IM Nail System (Press Release)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams

DiFUSION completes rabbit study demonstrating CleanFUZE polymer prevents infections

DiFUSION Technologies Completes Successful Antimicrobial Implant Animal Trial (Press Release)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses,

2010 Best Spine Technology Award Winners

Orthopedics This Week Announces 2010 Best Spine Technology Award Winners (Press Release) Biomaterials Advanced Biologics, LLC OsteoAMP Antibacterial Ceremed Inc.

NuVasive sues Globus Medical for patent infringement of LLIF products

NuVasive Announces XLIF(R) Clinical Evidence at NASS and Initiates Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Globus Medical, Inc. (Press Release)… Unlock the

Biomimetics Therapeutics plans a $20M facility expansion to prepare for 2011 launch of it’s first product – Augment Bone Graft

Biotech firm plans $20M expansion (Nashville Business Journal)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses, hot startups,

TiGenix pulls in another UK grant for its cartilage cell expansion/re-implantion technology

Another Grant for TiGenix (OTW)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses, hot startups, trends, market intel,

Materialise launches interactive pre-op planning tool for CT/MRI images

Materialise Launches SurgiCase(R) Orthopaedics: A Comprehensive, Custom Solution That Assures Best Practices For The Orthopaedic Surgeeon (Press Release)… Unlock the

MiMedx Group announces a proposed $5M in Private Placement

MiMedx Group Announces Proposed $5,000,000 Private Placement (Press Release)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses, hot

Wright Medical to pay Feds $7.9M concluding 3 years of investigation

Wright Medical to pay feds $7.9M (Memphis Business Journal) Wright Medical Settles with Government, Enters 5-Year CIA (HealthPointCapital)… Unlock the

$12M Grant to start nationwide registry of total joint patients

$12 Million Grant to Improve Joint Replacement Surgery Outcomes (HealthNewsDigest)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses,

AAOS Guideline Finds No Evidence for Vertebroplasty

Vertebroplasty: New Guideline Finds No Evidence for a Popular Back Procedure (ScienceDaily) AAOS approved and released a clinical practice guideline,

Scripps Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Study Smart Knee

Scripps Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Study Smart Knee (Scripps Health)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth

Frank Reynolds says his company will enable spinal injury patients walk again

Founder of start-up says device will one day change treatment of spinal cord injuries (Boston.com) Reynolds company will try to

Public debate of off-label use of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs)

Experts publicly debate on- and off-label use of BMPs at Medicare coverage meeting (OrthoSuperSite)… Unlock the full article and exclusive

Orthopedic implants of the future made of Titanium foam

Titanium Foams Replace Injured Bones (ScienceDaily) Flexible yet rigid like a human bone, and immediately capable of bearing loads: A

Orthovita publishes its vertebroplasty clinical data with Cortoss

Orthovita Announces Publication of 24-Month Data from Cortoss Clinical Pilot Studies in Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty (Press Release) Cortoss IDE Data

Mesoblast and Angioblast Systems agree to merge creating the largest largest publicly-listed adult stem cell developer in the world

+ Mesoblast shareholders agree to merger (Sydney Morning Herold)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses,