Month: August 2010
-
Orthofix International Establishes New $300 Million Credit Facility
BOSTON, Aug 31, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Orthofix International N.V. (OFIX 26.80, -0.28, -1.03%) (the Company) announced today that it has established a new…
Read More » -
Amedica® Receives Patent for Knee Prosthesis With Monoblock Silicon Nitride Ceramic Tibial Component
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ — Amedica Corporation, a spinal and orthopaedic implant and instrument company focused on unique silicon nitride…
Read More » -
Sanofi-aventis Announces Non-Binding Offer to Acquire Genzyme
PARIS, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced today that it has submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire Genzyme…
Read More » -
Ortho Kinematics Pursues Large Market Opportunity in Back Pain Diagnostics
Americans spend at least $50 billion per year on low back pain. Hardly surprising when you consider that as many as…
Read More » -
Canaccord Genuity Reiterates a ‘Buy’ Rating on Exactech (EXAC); Silverbolt Acquisition Adds Fifferentiated MIS Product
Canaccord Genuity reiterates a ‘Buy’ rating on Exactech, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXAC), lowers PT from $26 to $23.50. Canaccord analyst says, “We…
Read More » -
Exactech Acquires Vertiflex Fusion Products
GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exactech, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXAC), a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder, spine…
Read More » -
Medtronic cuts 2011 guidance on weaker demand
Medtronic Inc., the world’s largest medical device maker, reported fiscal first–quarter earnings Tuesday in line with Wall Street expectations, but…
Read More » -
Zynex Announces New Chief Financial Officer
LITTLETON, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Zynex, Inc. (OTCBB: ZYXI), a provider of pain management systems and electrotherapy products for medical patients with functional disability,…
Read More » -
AG Coakley Announces $1.35 Million Settlement with Stryker Biotech
BOSTON – Stryker Biotech, a Hopkinton-based medical device company, will pay $1.35 million to the Commonwealth to resolve allegations that…
Read More » -
CareFusion Announces National Launch of Spinal Fracture Device
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CareFusion (NYSE: CFN), a leading, global medical device company, today announced the national commercial launch of the…
Read More » -
Medyssey Spine Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Zenius(TM) Thoracolumbar Spinal System in Titanium Alloy (Ti6AL-4V ELI)
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ — South Korea-based Medyssey Co., Ltd. announced today that the Company has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S.…
Read More » -
DePuy Orthopaedics Voluntarily Recalls ASR™ Hip System
WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ — DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., announced it is voluntarily recalling the ASR™ XL Acetabular System and DePuy ASR™…
Read More » -
Xylos® Corporation and University of Mississippi Medical Center Announce First Human Implant of Securian® Tissue Reinforcement Matrix For Tendon Repair
Langhorne, PA and Jackson, MS – August 26, 2010 . . . . Xylos Corporation (“Xylos”), a leader in biocellulose…
Read More » -
Kensey Nash Posts 26% Q4 Profit Growth, But Shows Overall Profit Decline For Fiscal 2010
Kensey Nash (NASDAQ:KNSY), a medical device company that provides technologies for medical procedures, saw its fourth quarter profits for 2010…
Read More »