Month: April 2012
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Spine
CEO charged with overbilling for spinal implants
Prosecutors say a San Francisco-based firm drastically overbilled taxpayers for government employee spinal implants. Santa Clara County prosecutors filed fraud…
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Hospitals
Senate panel adds safety measures to FDA user fee act
April 25, 2012 by Brad Perriello The U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee passes the “Food & Drug Administration Safety…
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Australian J&J hip lawsuit attracts hundreds, may top $200M | Legal News
April 25, 2012 by MassDevice staff Johnson & Johnson’s metal-on-metal hip replacement recall spurs a class action lawsuit Down Under, with more…
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Biologics
Arthrosurface reaches $100M mark
Franklin joint resurfacing company Arthrosurface Inc. announced today that for the first time, the 11-year-old company has surpassed $100 million…
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When Using Oxygen To Regenerate Bone, Timing Is Everything
A research team at Tulane University will report this week that the application of high levels of oxygen to a…
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U-M study: 1 in 84 high-risk patients suffer VTE after outpatient surgery
University of Michigan Health System study reveals need for better screening, prevention of venous thromboembolism as numbers of outpatient surgeries…
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Sports Medicine
Orthofix sells Breg sports medicine unit to PE firm for $158M cash
April 24, 2012 by MassDevice staff Orthofix sells its sports medicine subsidiary Breg Inc. to private equity subsidiary Breg Acquisition Corp. for…
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Hospitals
When health care is promoted as “free”
Health expenditures in the United States neared $2.6 trillion in 2010, over ten times the $256 billion spent in 1980. The…
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New device can correct bone deformities in children
Another day, another four turns of the screw. That’s just a part of life for people, primarily children, undergoing the…
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Bone marrow holds key to stem cell breakthrough
PATIENTS suffering from spinal cord injury may soon find help in the form of stem cells drawn from their own…
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Medtronic to Ramp-Up Device Inspections
Medtronic, Inc., the world’s largest stand-alone medical device maker, is no longer going to rely on irregular reports from doctors…
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Hospitals
Mass. Sen. hopeful Elizabeth Warren on the device tax, the FDA and a climate for innovation
In an exclusive MassDevice.com editorial, Massachusetts Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren (D) calls for a more transparent FDA, the repeal of…
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Spine
LDR Holding Appoints Robert E. McNamara Chief Financial Officer
AUSTIN, Texas, Apr 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — LDR Holding, a privately held medical device company offering innovative spinal implants…
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New Posterior Fixation System From DePuy Spine
DePuy Spine, Inc. has a new transfacet pedicular fixation system designed to provide stability and fixation during degenerative lumbar spine…
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Hip replacement surgery: a new, cutting-edge technique
For the first time in months, Sylvania resident Jenifer Klostermeyer is pain free. “It is so wonderful not to be…
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