Month: May 2012
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Spine
TransCorp Spine Names Christopher Welch President and Chief Executive Officer
Ada, MI, May 29, 2012 –(PR.com)– TransCorp Spine, Inc., a privately-held medical device company focused on developing minimally-invasive, tissue-saving products…
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Medtronic Granted CE Mark
Medtronic has been rewarded with a CE Mark for a new non-surgical procedure it has devised that is suitable for…
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Osiris Receives Medicare Reimbursement Codes for Grafix(R)
COLUMBIA, Md., May 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. OSIR +3.34% , the leading stem cell company focused on developing and…
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Uncategorized
An OSN Interview with Guy Bradshaw, Chairman and CEO of Bradshaw Medical
OSN – We are here with Guy Bradshaw. Guy, thank you for joining us. Guy Bradshaw – Sure, My pleasure.…
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Biologics
Medtronic receives notification that U.S. Department Of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s office have closed their investigation of activities relating to Infuse® bone graft
MINNEAPOLIS – MAY 16, 2012 – Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced it has been notified by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the…
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Fear and Medical Tourism in Vegas
Medical tourism is usually associated with foreign exotic places like India, Thailand and Costa Rica. But Vegas? The metaphors are…
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Primary arthroscopic rotator cuff repair reversed preoperative pseudoparalysis
ORLANDO – Primary arthroscopic rotator cuff repair for massive tears reversed pseudoparalysis, according to a presenter at the Arthroscopy Association…
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Nanoparticles Reduce Joint Damage
Researchers from the Georgia Health Sciences University (GHSU) have discovered that a DNA-covered submicroscopic bead used to deliver genes or…
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High Impact Sports Key to Bone Density
new benefit from participating in high impact sports over a five-year period is reported by a Swedish study. Young men…
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Tegra Medical Announces New President/CEO
FRANKLIN, MA, May 17, 2012 –Tegra Medical is pleased to announce that Robert E. Pietrafesa has joined the company as…
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Recon
Smith & Nephew CEO: Lack of innovation begats plunging industry margins
The medical device industry is boring. It doesn’t innovate. And that, rather than government austerity, is why companies continue to…
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Spine
MAKO Entangled in Lawsuits
A number of class action lawsuits were filed against MAKO Surgical Corporation (MAKO – Snapshot Report) recently on behalf of investors who purchased its…
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Consumers lose in latest FDA user fee bill; COI restraints disappear
May 15, 2012 by MassDevice By Merrill Goozner Over the angry protests of consumer groups, Congress is moving rapidly – and in bipartisan fashion…
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CBO Says FDA User Fee Act Will Reduce Deficit – LOL
As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 7, 2012 S. 2516 would authorize…
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