Month: February 2013
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INDEPENDENT STUDY DEMONSTRATES CLINICAL ADVANTAGES OF KIVA® OVER BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY
Santa Clara, CA, Feb. 19, 2013 – An independent, prospective, randomized study of patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) comparing…
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Financial
Where Has All the Medtech Venture Capital Gone?
Venture capital (VC) funding in the biotechnology and medical device sectors fell in 2012, dropping 14% in dollars and 7%…
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Recon
Smith & Nephew CEO says Memphis media reports on layoffs cause were ‘just wrong’
Smith & Nephew CEO says Memphis media reports on layoffs cause were ‘just wrong’ (Memphis Business Journal) While confirming the company…
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Here comes the Sun(shine Act) … and it’s not going to be alright for pharma and device reps
They say it’s better late than never. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid finally issued the final rules related to the…
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Greek prosecutors bring corruption charges over state hospital deals with DePuy
Greek prosecutors bring corruption charges over state hospital deals with DePuy (FoxNews) Greek prosecutors have brought criminal corruption charges related to state hospitalpurchases from…
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Senators push to repeal U.S. medical device tax; success unlikely
By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON | Thu Feb 7, 2013 7:01pm EST (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on…
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Surface finish of the Exeter Trauma Stem… A Cause for Concern?
T. G. Petheram, MSc, FRCS(Tr & Orth), Orthopaedic Registrar1 ; M. Bone, BEng, Research Assistant2; T. J. Joyce, PhD, Professor of…
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PhD advocates that repairing the annulus with fibrin glue is just better biomechanics
Gluing the Annulus! (Orthopedics this Week) Repairing the annulus after a micro discectomy is not a new idea. But using glue (specifically fibrin…
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Groundbreaking Discovery Of Cell Nucleus Structure Crucial To Understanding Diseases
Genes relocated from their correct position in the nucleus cause them to malfunction and this may lead to the heart,…
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J&J’s Marketer E-Mailed Hip Safety Concerns Before Recall
A top marketing executive at Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy unit said the company should consider a recall of a hip implant…
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