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Dental News Roundup July 2010 BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI
Align, Biomet, Dentsply and Zimmer report dental sales . . . Astra Tech augments Atlantis patient-specific abutment line . . . Biomet 3i and Renishaw to collaborate on digital solutions . . . BIOLASE announces cost-cutting initiatives and organizational changes . . . DTI appoints Russell Olsen as Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Service . . . Straumann's CFO steps down more
Musculoskeletal News Roundup 29-Jul-10 BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI
CNMD, IART, NUVA, OFIX, Synthes report 2Q:10 sales . . . Axiomed raises $14.5M . . . China Kanghui Holdings to go public . . . FDA panel votes in favor of Medtronic's Amplify . . . FDA approves Orthovita's new collagen processing facility . . . curasan seeking distribution partners for ATR . . . TranS1 launches next-gen AxiaLIF 2L+ system . . . Ortho Kinematics enrolling study more
FDA Panel Recommends Medtronic's Amplify BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI
An FDA panel voted 6-5 yesterday in favor of approving Medtronic's Amplify, a BMP-2 with a different formulation and carrier than InFuse. Heading into the meeting, concerns circulated over a higher incidence of cancer in patients treated with Amplify, though the panel ultimately voted 9-4 in support of safety (with 1 abstention) and 10-3 (with 1 abstention) on efficacy. more
Sen. Franken, AdvaMed Lobby Congress for Pediatric Device Incentives BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI
Sen. Al Franken and AdvaMed faced Congress last week, urging legislators to increase financial incentives for devicemakers addressing pediatric patient populations. more
Ortho Gets a TED Talk BY JOHN MCCORMICK
Watching TED talks on iTunes - or an iPad for that matter - is the futurist's equivalent of a basketball fan's immersion into March Madness. TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design is a non-profit organization devoted to spreading forward-thinking... more
Zimmer Expanding China Presence BY JOHN MCCORMICK
Zimmer's data rich earnings announcement this mornining contained an interesting nugget about their China plans. Zimmer announced that they have completed a definitive agreement to acquire Beijing Montagne Medical Device Co., Ltd. a 360-employee company that develops large joint implants... more
Musculoskeletal News Roundup 22-Jul-10 BY SANDER DUNCAN
Earnings Genzyme posted 2Q:10 revenues of $1.1 billion. Revenues dropped 12% over the prior year period and missed analysts’ expectations by $0.1 billion. The company eked out a profit of $23,000, down from $187.6 million over the year-ago period. Excluding... more
Prototype Device Detects Osteoarthritis by Sound BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI
The BBC reported this week on a non-invasive device that can detect early-stage osteoarthritis using sound. Researchers at the universities of Lancaster and Central Lancashire have developed acoustic techniques that can detect changes in the normal patterns of sounds in the knee, which the developers say can predict the onset of osteoarthritis. more
Are GPOs Driving Up Healthcare Costs? BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI
The controversy over GPOs has been somewhat quiet over the past few years, but now the purchasing organizations are back in the news as a Washington Monthly story takes on the groups' power to limit market access for small companies and stifle innovation. more
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