Month: June 2011
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Hospitals
Stuart Smalley to Med Device Community “You’re Good Enough, You’re Smart Enough…”
Sen. Franken to Top FDA Official: Seek Medical Device Community’s Expertise Before Changing Approval Process for New Products WASHINGTON, D.C.…
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Hospitals
Medical device review took the FDA 37% longer in 2010 than 2006
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Medical device consulting firm Emergo Group released results from a study of the U.S. Food &…
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Biologics
Medtronic’s Infuse Off-Label, Doctor Payment Woes; Senate Probe
Medtronic is in trouble regarding its Infuse spine surgery product which was approved by the FDA in 2009 but has…
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Tornier Announces Launch of the Aequalis(TM) Ascend(TM) Convertible Shoulder Implant System at the 28th Annual San Diego Shoulder Course
AMSTERDAM, Jun 22, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Tornier N.V. TRNX -0.94% , a leading global medical device company focused on serving extremities…
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Senators call for probe of medical device distributorships
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is asking federal authorities to conduct inquiries into the proliferation and potential abuses of…
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Spine
U.S. Senate panel probes Medtronic
A U.S. Senate committee has launched an investigation into reports that doctors with financial ties to the medical device company…
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Spine
Official Senate Letter to Medtronic
http://media.jsonline.com/documents/Medtronic_Infuse_6_21_2011.pdf June 21, 2011Via Electronic TransmissionOmar Ishrak, Ph.D.Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerMedtronic, Inc.710 Medtronic ParkwayMinneapolis, MN 55432Dear Dr. Ishrak:The United…
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NuVasive to Offer $325 Million Convertible Senior Notes Due 2017
SAN DIEGO, CA, Jun 21, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — NuVasive, Inc. NUVA -3.71% (the “Company”), a medical device company focused on…
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10 Spine Surgeons Conducting Outstanding Research
Here is a list of 10 spine surgeons who have received research grants from the North American Spine Society over the…
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Orthopedic Surgeon Commits Suicide After a Surgery Error
Alexander Reading, one of the top most Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeons of Britain, hanged himself to death, due to a guilt…
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Altor acquires Orchid Orthopedic Solutions
Altor Fund III has signed an agreement to acquire Orchid Orthopedic Solutions from Churchill Equity, according to a company press…
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IlluminOss Medical Announces First Minimally Invasive Forearm Fracture Treatment
MARL, GERMANY — (Marketwire) — 06/22/11 — IlluminOss Medical has announced that one of the leading trauma surgeons in Germany,…
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Sports Medicine
ARTHREX INNOVATION TRIUMPHS AS COMPANY WINS APPEAL
NAPLES, FL., (June 20, 2011) ‐ Today, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington,D.C., overturned an Eastern…
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Extremities
MedShape Solutions, Inc. Announces Extension of ExoShape™ Product Line in Response to Surgeon Demand
ATLANTA, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — MedShape Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in innovative shape memory orthopedic devices, today announced it has…
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Kuros Announces Allowance of European Patent for Synthetic Biomaterials
Kuros Biosurgery AG, a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel biomaterials and bioactive-biomaterial combination products for trauma, wound…
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