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Dental News Roundup January 2010 BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI

We're listening. In response to your feedback on our 2009 readership survey, we're broadening the dental coverage on our blog. You can help by letting us know what you think or directing your press releases and scientific articles to Lauren... more

Looming Tantalum Shortage May Impact Orthopedic Devices BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI

A new report from Roskill Information Services predicts a worldwide shortage of tantalum, a porous metal used in coating orthopedic devices. Tantalum has been demonstrated to facilitate a bond between an implant and the surrounding bone, with additional benefits including... more

Early Earnings Reports Show Growth Despite Economy BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI

DePuy and Biomet have kicked off 1Q earnings season on a positive note, offering a view of industry growth that may be outpacing expectations. These two companies, which together comprise more than a third of the ortho market, reported 7%... more

While Some Sectors Struggle, Early 4Q Results Show Stability for Ortho BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI

Over the weekend, Slate.com posted a report on some of the reasons why the healthcare industry may be more vulnerable to a recession now than in the past. However, the article also helped to highlight the ways in which orthopedics... more

Orthopedic News Roundup 29-Mar-07 BY LAUREN UZDIENSKI

Earnings BioMimetic Therapeutics announced 4Q:06 financial results, reporting a net loss of $5.3 million or $0.34 per share and beating analysts' estimates of a loss of $0.37 per share. This compares to a net loss of $9.2 million, or $5.82... more

Orthopedics: It's About Earnings BY JOHN MCCORMICK

We are frequently asked this question: why do orthopedic medical device companies lose money in the initial stages of their development? The short answer is that it is a deliberate decision by management teams to grow their companies' revenues. The... more

1Q:06 Final Performance Summary BY HUYEN NGUYEN

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

Medical Device Trade in Foreign Markets -- Investigation BY HUYEN NGUYEN

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a press release yesterday announcing the launch of a fact-finding investigation into conditions affecting U.S. trade of medical devices and equipment in principal foreign markets, particularly the Japanese market. The House Ways and... more

Another Take on Forecasting the Orthopedic Market BY DAVID KRESSEL

At AAOS last week, representatives of Exponent Inc., an engineering and scientific consulting firm, presented a study forecasting growth in the orthopedic market. Whereas our market forecast focused on revenue over the next few years, this study looks at unit... more

Spine Segment Outlook BY JOHN MCCORMICK

HealthpointCapital, LLC research has initiated a new program of making our market forecasts of the several orthopedic medical device segments available to our subscribers. This article, the first of a series, summarizes our spine market forecast which comes from our... more

We Pause to Examine the Large Joint Market Ahead of the Conclusion of Earnings Season BY JOHN CHOPACK

With DePuy, Stryker and Biomet reporting during the last three weeks, this is a good time to identify specific topics imperative to the remainder of the sector's earnings releases over the next several weeks. Large Joint Companies Earnings 2Q:04 Reports... more

2004 Orthopedic Industry Outlook: 15% revenue growth to $20 billion BY EDITOR

For the past three weeks the HealthpointCapital research staff has been preparing a detailed outlook for the Orthopedic Industry with special emphasis on Large Joint Reconstruction, Spinal Implants, Sports Medicine (including bracing) and Biologics. The result is our outlook for... more

Biomet's Announcement Offers 3rd Quarter Preview BY EDITOR

What makes the Orthopedic Industry's current renaissance so interesting is not only how unexpected it is, but how unexpectedly broad and deep it is. Unlike the cardiovascular industry, which is riding the drug coated stent phenomenon, orthopedic revenues are bubbling... more

HealthpointCapital Initiates Research Coverage of Exactech, Inc. and Regeneration Technologies BY EDITOR

Last week we published our sales and earnings forecast as well as an analysis of future prospects for two companies, Exactech and Regeneration Technologies. We've posted the summary of our analysis for each company on First Call (the Thompson Financial... more


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Introductory Guide to Intellectual Property for Medical Devices

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 device firm. It's such a critical factor in firm valuations: affecting cash flow timelines, product development, partnering, and many other competitive factors. Purchase this report for $295 »