Today we're offering a tour of the resources available through HealthpointCapital.com, which include a variety of links aimed at industry executives, investors, physicians and patients. The Research page is home base for our blog, but you can also reach the... more
We're running a five-question readership survey to help shape our Musculoskeletal blog coverage. It should take you about a minute, since there are no open-ended questions. The survey is here: 2008 HealthpointCapital Musculoskeletal Readership Survey. Anyone who completes the survey... more
New York, New York, May 14, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- HEALTHPOINTCAPITAL, LLC announced today that it has appointed Dr. Hansen A. Yuan to its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Yuan is a preeminent clinician and researcher and has been honored worldwide for... more
Earnings Artimplant reported 4Q:07 revenues of SEK 5.0 million ($0.8 million), up from SEK 1.6 million ($0.25 million) in the year-ago period. The net loss for 4Q:07 was SEK 2.1 million ($0.34 million), improved from a loss of SEK 9.5... more
New York, New York, and Dallas, Texas, February 26, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- HEALTHPOINTCAPITAL, LLC. (“HEALTHPOINTCAPITAL”) announced today that it has appointed Dr. Stephen H. Hochschuler as Clinical Advisor to the Firm. HEALTHPOINTCAPITAL is a values-driven, research-based private equity firm exclusively... more
We're running a five-question readership survey to help shape our Musculoskeletal blog coverage. It should take you about a minute, since there are no open-ended questions. The survey is here: 2007 HealthpointCapital Musculoskeletal Readership Survey Anyone who completes the survey... more
Paris, France, November 21, 2007 - HealthpointCapital Partners II, L.P., a private equity fund that specializes in orthopedic medical devices, announced today that, through its HEALTHPOINT (Luxco) II S.à.r.l. subsidiary, it has acquired Paris-based Ideal Medical Products, S.A. Ideal Medical... more
As you’ve probably noticed, the HealthpointCapital website is featuring a fresh new design.
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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
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
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
Late last year we published a survey to learn more about our audience. We had a great response, and we're glad to share the data with you. We gathered data between December 13th and 21st, 2006 from both the HealthpointCapital... more
We're running a mini-survey to help shape our blog coverage and help us choose topics for our research reports. Complete the five question survey here (easy, no essay questions). Anyone who completes the survey by December 21 gets a chance... more
February 2010 update: This report is no longer available for purchase. Learn more here. Even though processor scandals have tainted the allograft business, human bone graft isn't going away anytime soon. It's too important to spinal fusion and many other... more
February 2010 update: This report is no longer available for purchase. Learn more here. This is a sample chapter from our new research report on Allograft. Learn more about the report here, and purchase and download it for $279 from... more
Invibio, principal supplier of PEEK polymer, an increasingly important material used in orthopedic applications, announced earlier this month the launch of a new device material, ENDOLIG(TM) composite, a biocompatible carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic material. On their website, the company highlights... more
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL - September 8, 2006 - BioLok International Inc. ("BioLok") (OTCBB: BLLI), the manufacturer and worldwide distributor of leading-edge dental implant technology, and HealthpointCapital Partners II, L.P. ("HealthpointCapital"), a private equity firm focused on the orthopedic and musculoskeletal... more
February 2010 update: This report is no longer available for purchase. Learn more here. Fact: GPO-negotiated contacts drive more than $100 billion in device purchases by hospitals. News Item: The DOJ, the Connecticut Attorney General, three U.S. Senators, and the... more
February 2010 update: This report is no longer available for purchase. Learn more here. This is a sample chapter from our research report on Group Purchasing Organizations. Find out more about the report here, and purchase and download it for... more
NEW YORK, New York, and Vancouver, Canada, August 24, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthpointCapital, LLC ("HealthpointCapital") announced today its purchase of DTI Dental Technologies Inc. ("DTI" or "Company"). DTI custom designs and fabricates crowns, bridges, dentures, cosmetic appliances and orthodontic appliances... more
NEW YORK, New York, and BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, August 22, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthpointCapital, LLC ("HealthpointCapital") announced today the purchase of BioHorizons Implant Systems, Inc. ("BioHorizons" or "Company"). BioHorizons designs, produces and distributes oral reconstructive devices including dental implants and tissue... more
Viscosupplementation to treat osteoarthritis has traditionally been performed with a course of three or five injections. Today Smith & Nephew Inc. and Q-MED AB announced an alliance which paves the way for the US marketing of DUROLANE, the first and... more
Final results for the 26 publicly-traded orthopedic companies* in 1Q:06 showed that orthopedic sales for first quarter increased by 9.2%, as reported. Now that Medtronic has reported its spine revenues, total aggregated sales for those 26 companies came in at... more
In a very surprising trading session, LifeCell fell 13% on Tuesday after reporting a very positive 4Q:05. The Company reported that earnings totaled $0.11 per share which was in-line with analyst expectations and a 175% increase over the prior year.... more
Encore reported revenues of $75 million for the 4Q:05 which was a 10% increase over the 4Q:04 and slightly below analysts' expectations of $76 million. The 4Q:05 represented the first quarter in which comparative results for the Empi acquisition were... more
dj Orthopedics announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to purchase Aircast Incorporated for $290 million in an all cash transaction. Aircast is a leading designer and manufacturer of ankle braces and vascular systems. Aircast booked $96.8 million in... more
February 2010 update: This report is no longer available for purchase. Learn more here. Dr. Gary Michelson knows his patent rights. Medtronic made him a billionaire for it. Knowing the rules of intellectual property is just as important for any... more
February 2010 update: This report is no longer available for purchase. Learn more here. The U.S. Patent Office Examination Process for Medical Devices This is a sample chapter from our "Introductory Guide to Intellectual Property for Medical Devices" report, available... more
Financing: BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. filed a registration statement for an Initial Public Offering. Earnings: Medtronic 3Q Earnings climb 23 percent. CryoLife fourth quarter 2005 revenues increased 13% over fourth quarter 2004 Gross margins for full year 2005 increased to 53%... more
The US District court ruled that Tenet Healthcare, the second largest US hospital chain, has reached a consolidated settlement agreement of $215 million in cash to be distributed to its shareholders within the next 10 days. The company's net cost... more
Industry Veteran Promoted After Four Months of Successful Corporate Expansion CARLSBAD, California, October 24, 2005 /PRNewswire/-- Alphatec Spine, Inc. ("Alphatec") today announced the promotion of Ronald G. Hiscock to President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hiscock was hired in June... more
NEW YORK, New York, September 22, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthpointCapital, LLC today announced the election of William Blake Rodgers, spine surgeon, to its Scientific Advisory Board. The move underscored the private equity firm's growing stake in the spine sector of... more
This week we completed the orthopedic reporting calendar as a few more companies reported earnings, starting with Synthes, the number #1 trauma company worldwide. Synthes reported 20% growth in both top and bottom line for 1H:05. Consolidated sales reported at... more
Thanks to one of our readers who reminded me that I should add international dial-in numbers to the conference calls list. Since most of the companies have already reported their earnings, I am providing you with replay information in case... more
February 2010 update: This report is no longer available for purchase. Learn more here. The future of orthopedics? Easy call... biomaterial-based products. The fastest way to understand this critically important topic? Our newly published monthly report, Orthopedic Biomaterials 2005. It's... more
Alphatec Manufacturing, Inc. is one of the largest independent spinal implant companies in the world. NEW YORK, New York and CARLSBAD, California, July 12, 2005 /PRNewswire/-- HealthpointCapital Partners, L.P. ("HealthpointCapital") and Alphatec Manufacturing Inc., ("Alphatec") announced the appointment of Ronald... more
February 2010 update: This report is no longer available for purchase. Learn more here. Reimbursement is one of those issues you might wish would go away. Bureaucratic, jargon-heavy, inefficient, not easy to learn, and mostly boring. For everyone who knows... more
HealthpointCapital is a private equity firm totally focused on the musculoskeletal sector — specifically orthopedics and dental. For that reason, we have an in-house Research team, which makes us unusual among our peer group. Part of the firm's mission is... more
Since 2002, HealthpointCapital has written commentary about the business of orthopedics. These articles were posted on our website, but to actually read most of them you had to be a paid subscriber of our "Weekly Journal" product. We also broadcast... more
Comments should be relevant to the original post, in good taste, professional in nature, and constructive. They also should be about the orthopedics industry, not about individual patient outcomes. (For community discussion of your condition, we recommend the Health Boards... more
Our firm wears two hats: investor and reporter. We recognize the potential conflict there, and in the interests of honesty we are laying out our internal policy for when the two jobs bump together. 1) We don't tout companies we... more
We sent the following press release out today: Thomas H. Kean and Jacques Bizot elected to Board of Directors HealthpointCapital, LLC NEW YORK, New York, May 4, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthpointCapital, LLC today announced the election of former New Jersey... more
HealthpointCapital Announces Purchase of Alphatec Manufacturing, Inc. Alphatec Manufacturing, Inc. is one of the largest independent spinal implant companies in the world. NEW YORK, New York, and CARLSBAD, California, March 18, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthpointCapital Partners, L.P. ("HealthpointCapital") announced today... more
HealthpointCapital will not share your email address with any third party. A sample of our weekly email is here. Please direct any questions about this policy to radmin@healthpointcapital.com, or call (212) 935-7780.... more
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on October 6 that it is going to implement seven new and specific improvements which, in the aggregate, should speed up development of new technology codes as well as simplify coverage and... more
HealthpointCapital Announces Purchase of 33% share in Scient'x S.A., Developer of Innovative Spinal Implant Technologies Scient'x is leader in the developing field of motion preservation and dynamic stabilization for spine surgeries New York, NY., USA and Paris, France, June 29,... more
HealthpointCapital, the first private equity and research firm dedicated solely to the Orthopedics Industry, is pleased to announce that it has reached its first fund closing. The Fund has closed on $110 million and is expected to have closed or... more
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