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Orthopedic and Dental Industry News
September 2004
Last week Langer (NASDAQ: GAIT) announced that it inked a deal to acquire Silipos, Inc. Silipos, which operates out of New York City and Niagara Falls, NY, manufactures gel-based products that have orthopedic and prosthetic applications such as heel cups,... more
'One person turns 50 years old every 7 seconds. Someone fractures a bone every 14 seconds. There is one vertebral fracture every minute. There are 700,000 sports injuries annually in the United States.' With these statements, John Engelhardt opened the... more
It's conference season. Between now and the end of the year there is essentially one conference per week featuring orthopedic companies. One can only wonder who is managing the store while these CEOs and CFOs are out slinging PowerPoint Presentations.... more
WMGI announced that it was lowering its previous earnings per share guidance of $0.13-$0.15 to a range of $0.09-$0.11, or approximately $3.2 - $3.9 million. However, the Company maintained its current revenue projections for the 3Q:04 of $68 - $70... more
BMET reported adjusted earnings of $0.36 which excluded the acquisition of Biomet Merck joint venture and Interpore International. This was an increase of 20% over the 1Q:04 and $0.01 better than consensus estimates. However, BMET's revenues of $438 million, which... more
Using classic portfolio theory to analyze the past performance of orthopedic equity we uncovered data that strongly suggests that Orthopedic equities delivered to investors superior returns with minimal risk and, in fact, provided a better risk/return paradigm than the rest... more
After the dust cleared from the 2Q:04 earnings season and we had time to analyze the large joint reconstruction market, it was clear that a cursory glance at the market showed a declining revenue growth rate in the hip market... more
dj Orthopedics, Inc. (NYSE:DJO), announced on Friday the appointment of W. Thomas Mitchell to its Board of Directors. Mr. Mitchell will serve as an independent director of the board and will serve on the audit committee, replacing Kirby Cramer, who... more
You can always tell who the pioneers are by the arrows in their backs. St. Francis's first FDA panel meeting was not pretty and the outcome knocked start-up firm St. Francis Medical back on its heels. On September 3/2004, the... more
Last week, Sofamor Danek disclosed in an SEC filing that a second "whistle-blower" lawsuit had been filed against it regarding payments to physicians. The case is under seal in Federal Court in Minneapolis. The first lawsuit against Sofamor Danek on... more
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