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Orthopedic and Dental Industry News
June 2007
Regulatory Life Spine announced 510(k) clearance for its static anterior cervical plating system Neo®-SL. The system features an integrated lock that allows bone screws to be securely fixated without any additional locking components. The FDA approved new labeling for Genzyme's... more
NEW YORK, June 27 /PRNewswire/ - HealthpointCapital is pleased to announce the closing of HealthpointCapital Partners II, L.P., at $420 million. This represents an increase of more than 2.5 times its prior fund, HealthpointCapital Partners, L.P., which closed in 2004... more
On June 25, 2007 the Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA) published its review of Nobel Biocare's plan to improve information regarding its NobelDirect and NobelPerfect dental implants. The agency stated that the Company needs to provide more information than what... more
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will hear a Medtronic case involving a failed balloon catheter. The decision could have broader implications for the FDA's authority and product liability. The lawsuit emerged from a catheter failure during Charles Riegel's... more
Each Friday, our Research team sends out a weekly email that summarizes and analyzes the most important news from the orthopedic and dental industry. I'ts free and you can sign up immediately below, in the box to the left.... more
Nobel Biocare held its biannual World Conference in Las Vegas earlier this month. Typically, implant-focused organizations like the American Academy of Implant Dentistry typically have less than 5,000 attendees at their meetings, but Nobel hosted 10,000 in the largest implant-focused... more
MAITLAND, Fla., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Scient'x USA, manufacturer of innovative spinal implant technologies, today announced that Federico P. Girardi, M.D. will be joining their Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Federico Girardi is an Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at the... more
It was announced today that hedge fund MMI Investments L.P. has acquired a 9.4% stake in market leading knee and ankle brace maker DJO Inc. for $82.8 million. It is possible that MMI could increase its stake in DJO to... more
Regulatory TiGenix submitted an application to market ChondroCelect to European regulatory authority the European Medicines Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products. The application is supported by clinical data comparing ChondroCelect to microfracture, where, according to the company, ChondroCelect was... more
CARLSBAD, Calif., Jun 20, 2007 (PrimeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), a leading medical device company focused on the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, announced today the... more
At a House hearing last week, Advamed President and CEO Stephen Ubl voiced concerns over a draft of MDUFMA II, among them the possibility that the legislation will limit federal preemption. Preemption is the constitutional mandate that federal law, including... more
As you may have noticed last week, HealthpointCapital is now featuring selected content from ArgoSpine News on our blog. We're happy to announce that we've become sponsors of ArgoSpine, the premier European-based organization dedicated to research in spine surgery. Our... more
The interview below was first published in Argos Spine News in December 2006. As part of our sponsorship of Argos, we'll be bringing a series of Argos content to our audience throughout the year. In this entry, Dr. Jean-Pierre Elsig... more
Effective July 12, intervertebral body fusion devices that contain bone grafting material will be reclassified from class III into class II. Interbody devices that contain a therapeutic biologic (e.g., bone morphogenic protein) will remain in class III. A guidance document... more
According to an article in the latest edition of BusinessWeek, J&J's aspirations for the device space could predict a new string of acquisitions ranging from small firms to major players, with the magazine naming Boston Scientific as a potential target.... more
M&A The private equity consortium set to acquire Biomet increased its buyout offer to $46.00 per share in cash, or an equity value of $11.4 billion. The new offer represents a 32.3% premium over the April 2006 common stock closing... more
The private equity consortium acquiring Biomet increased their buyout offer from $44.00 per share to $46.00 per share, an equity value of $11.4 billion. The $46.00 offer represents a 32.3% premium over Biomet's April 3, 2006 closing price, the trading... more
CARLSBAD, Calif., Jun 6, 2007 (PrimeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), a leading medical device company focused on the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, announced today that... more
At MDMA's annual meeting, CDRH's Director of the Office of Science and Engineering, Dr. Larry Kessler, discussed FDA's goals for unique device identification and a multi-phase plan for establishing and implementing a UDI system. The talk followed bipartisan support for... more
The European Parliament recently approved 141 amendments to the Medical Device Directive, the legal framework created in 1990 to regulate device safety throughout Europe. The approval follows a public comment period on the first draft of the Directive, which was... more
After announcing the completion of its Plus Orthopedics acquisition last Friday, Smith & Nephew CEO Christopher O'Donnell made clear the company's aims to grow its global footprint: "We have at the moment 30 to 40 companies which are potential takeover... more
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