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Orthopedic and Dental Industry News
March 2011
Align to buy Cadent . . . Japan approves Straumann's Bone Level implant . . . Henry Schein launches miniMARK Miniature Dental Implant System . . . Keystone Dental introduces DynaMatrix Plus . . . Nobel Biocare launches new versions of NobelReplace . . . Payor data shows cost savings for diabetics who maintain their dental health . . . DENTSPLY expands share repurchase program more
Bacterin reports 4Q earnings . . . ReGen unable to file 2011 10-K . . . curasan receives CE mark clearance for Osseolive . . . FDA clears DePuy's A.L.P.S. Total Foot and AFFIXUS Hip Fracture Nail System . . . Seikagaku withdraws PMA for HA use in shoulder . . . Ascension launches TITAN Modular Shoulder Fracture Prosthesis . . . CareFusion launches smaller-sized vertebral balloon . . . MAKO signs agreement for 11 new MAKOplasty sites in non-urban America . . . Medtronic/NuVasive patent suit to continue . . . Synthes and Materialise announce plans for CMF pre-op planning services more
Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating conditions related to the aging spine, announced today the addition of Leslie H. Cross to its Board of Directors. more
Rep. Erik Paulsen has launched a new website for the Medical Technology Caucus, a 48-member, bipartisan body that works to promote awareness among Congress members and staff of the role medical technology plays for both patients and the economy. more
Two new studies on the ProDisc-C and ProDisc-L total discs showed that the cervical discs performed as well as fusion and required fewer secondary procedures than fusion, while a ProDisc-L study showed that replacing a disc is less costly than a fusion. more
TranS1 announced the 510(k) clearance of a new lumbar fusion device Thursday morning, lifting its share price to levels not seen since 2009. In a busy week, the company also announced the publication of two efficacy and safety studies, and lowered its 1Q:11 guidance. more
China Kanghui reports earnings, announces acquisition . . . FlexFix to acquire assets from Novalign . . . Newly-formed Rachiotek to acquire Applied Spine Technologies . . . Core Essence raises $11.5M . . . LDR submits PMA for two-level Mobi-C . . . FDA clears TSON's AxiaLIF 1L+ . . . FDA approves Seikagaku's single-injection HA . . . Pioneer Surgical launches the the Streamline TL Spinal Fixation System . . . Spinal Kinetics announces 10,000th implantation of M6 Disc . . . Medtronic of Canada releases data from study on kyphoplasty in cancer patients . . . Zimmer signs Department of Defense contract more
Corin announced earnings this morning, reporting 2010 revenues of £44.8 million (approximately US $73.3 million), up 6% year over year. The company also entered a distribution agreement with MAKO to provide the robotics manufacturer with hip implants for its Rio system. more
While you're visiting HealthpointCapital.com today, you may have noticed our new dropdown menubar and Google search box, two recent upgrades that make the site faster and easier to navigate. more
ReGen called the FDA out for its "blatantly arbitrary and unfair" practices in a press release this afternoon, declining a hearing over the rescission of its Menaflex device. more
This week last year the monumental Affordable Care Act was signed into law, and even as the legislation's more moderate reforms go into effect, controversy still swirls over the law's constitutionality and budget impact. more
In response to reports that severing certain device contracts with GPOs Novation and Premier represents a sea change for device distribution, Medtronic replied, not so fast. CFO Gary Ellis sat down at the Barclay's Capital Investors Conference last week to quiet rumors that the company is shying away from GPOs and address some of the speculation about their GPO strategy. more
A study published this week in JBJS found a link between the severity of OA symptoms and depression. The authors found that patients reporting severe pain were more likely to be depressed, and this was particularly true of patients with less-severe disease. The data helps to explain the discrepancy between reported symptoms and what shows up on an X-ray. more
Biomedical Structures acquires Concordia Medical . . . Neue Magnetodyn IP to go up for auction . . . Wright Medical closes tender offer for convertible senior notes . . . K2M receives CE mark for RAVINE Lateral Access and ALEUTIAN Lateral Interbody Systems . . . Smith & Nephew files suit against former employees . . . OrthAlign comments on new clinical data . . . Misonix, Aesculap sign new distribution agreement . . . Shukla Medical licenses Kytogenics' biopolymer technology . . . Inion resumes operations . . . DePuy Spine appoints worldwide president more
The devastating earthquake in Japan has left the nation in crisis. Even when the country begins to recover, there could be a lingering impact on medical device sales, which some estimates place at up to 10% of the worldwide device market. more
A new study found that surgical treatment for prostate cancer was higher in centers with a robot guiding the procedure. In orthopedics, new robotic technologies are striving to improve patient outcomes and address disease earlier in the continuum of care. more
Medtronic disclosed in its 10-Q on Wednesday that the FDA issued a non-approvable letter for Amplify, its new BMP-2 product. Medtronic was seeking a postero-lateral fusion indication for Amplify, for which Infuse, its other BMP product, is already widely-used off-label. more
ANIK, BMTI, VITA report 4Q . . . Global Biotech to take minority position in BoneGrafix . . . ConforMIS to raise $1.8M . . . Medtronic launches ATLANTIS VISION ELITE cervical plate system . . . Wright Medical launches PRO-TOE VO . . . OFIX receives subpoena . . . Vertos announces mild clinical data . . . GenOsteo and SpineSmith to collaborate on stem cell scaffold . . . RegeneCure licenses synthetic membrane for use with stem cells . . . Bacterin now trading on NYSE Amex more
The Medicare claims database has been closed since 1979, when the Florida Medical Association and the American Medical Association persuaded a court to keep doctors' pay private. Now two Senators, Charles Grassley and Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon, are working on legislation that would allow the public access to the database, which contains records of physician claims and reimbursement amounts. more
Bloomberg reported on Friday that David Floyd plans to step down from his role as worldwide president of DePuy Orthopaedics at the end of this month. Mr. Floyd, who has been in the role since 2007, intends to "pursue interests outside the company." more
A new report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project - an organization that studies healthcare utilization by geography - found that likelihood of Medicare patients receiving 10 surgical procedures varied by zip code. This suggests that the surgeon is the driver of whether a patient has surgery or not, and the goal of releasing this data, according to the report, is encouraging shared decision-making between physician and patient. more
EXAC, MAKO, TRNX report earnings . . . TiGenix and Cellerix to merge . . . Axiomed received $0.5 million to support its artificial cervical disc . . . Life Spine announces CE approval . . . TiGenix receives reimbursement for ChondroCelect in Belgium . . . Medtronic cancels GPO contracts more
Tornier held its first earnings call yesterday since going public in February. The company reported 2010 revenue of $227.3 million, up 14.3% over 2009. Tornier's extremities division was up 15.8% year over year on revenues of $176.0 million, while large... more
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