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Orthopedic and Dental Industry News
July 2010
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
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
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. Al Franken and AdvaMed faced Congress last week, urging legislators to increase financial incentives for devicemakers addressing pediatric patient populations. more
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'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
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
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
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
As part of our partnership with ArgoSpine, we're republishing select content from the ArgoSpine News and Journal for our audience. The article below, written by Jean Dubousset of the Academie Nationale de Medecine in Paris, France, was first published in... more
Dental Technologies, Inc. (DTI), a network of high-quality, full-service dental laboratories located throughout North America, today announced the appointment of Russell I. Olsen to the position of Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Service. Mr. Olsen has over 25... more
Earnings Medicrea reported record sales figures in the first half of 2010, including realizing sales of 4.5 million Euros in 2Q:10 and a 36% increase over 2Q:09. Medicrea cites its three subsidiaries -- Medicrea USA, Medicrea Europe Francophone, and Medicrea... more
Clinical trials involving metal-on-metal hip replacements have been inadequate to date, according to a review of the literature recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Looking primarily at research published before 2005, the review sought to provide... more
The emerging trend of medical device reprocessing continues to be a subject of live debate among doctors, legislators, and government and hospital administrators. The New York Times recently observed that in an effort to adopt environmentally-friendly practices while simultaneously reducing... more
M&A Private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe ("Welsh Carson") has entered into an agreement with K2M to purchase the spinal company's outstanding shares and become its majority shareholder. K2M will continue to be run by existing management, which... more
A new study on glucosamine shows that the supplement has no effect on low back pain with degenerative lumbar osteoarthritis. more
Citing the damaging impact the device tax may have on jobs, Congressman Brian Bilbray (R-CA) introduced the Medical Device Tax Repeal Bill, or H.R. 5615. more
Biomet and RSB Spine announce revenues . . . Bacterin announces reverse merger, private placement . . . FDA begins review of BioMimetic's Augment . . . Cerapedics receives CE mark for iFactor bone graft . . . DFine signs distribution agreements for Italy and Morocco . . . Michael DeMane declines CEO, Chairman role at Lanx more
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