Month: October 2013
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Financial
Teleflex Buys Vidacare for $263 million
Teleflex announces a $263 million deal to purchase privately-held Vidacare Corp. as the medical device company’s 3rd-quarter profits soar. Teleflex (NYSE:TFX)…
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Recon
Biomet Implants First U.S. Stemless Shoulder
Biomet, Inc.’s new stemless shoulder is moving and grooving in its first U.S. patient. This inaugural implant of the Comprehensive…
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Uncategorized
From Moneyball to medtech: Author Michael Lewis on the Mindset of a Disruptor
October 30, 2013 by Arezu Sarvestani Noted author Michael Lewis has built a series of books on the stories of…
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Financial
Does medical device price gauging really contribute to wide variation in hospital charges?
New data shows medical devices are probably not the problem in the wide variation of Medicare hospital charges for similar…
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Spine
Second Independent Study Demonstrates Clinical Advantages of Kiva® Over Balloon Kyphoplasty
Pain Physician Journal Publishes Results that Show Significantly Better Pain Improvement and Fewer New Fractures with Kiva SANTA CLARA, Calif.,…
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Recon
Microport Acquires Wright Medical’s Hip/Knee Business
Wright takes MicroPort global in 51 days (with Video) (Memphis Business Journal) If you could put together a $290 million deal…
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Uncategorized
Ortho Kinematics Launches New Physician Web Portal
Spine Diagnostic Technology Now Accessible Via Any Internet-Ready Device AUSTIN, Texas – October 24, 2013 — Ortho Kinematics‚ Inc.…
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Hospitals
SEC Charges Stryker Corporation With FCPA Violations
Washington D.C., Oct. 24, 2013 —The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Michigan-based medical technology company with violating the…
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Financial
Print E-mail Zimmer Holdings Reports Decreased Earnings, Spine Sales in Q3
Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Holdings reported $154.4 million in third quarter net earnings, down 13.3 percent from $178.1 million net earnings…
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Amedica And K2M Partner To Expand Distribution Of Silicon Nitride Interbody Spinal Fusion Devices In Europe
SALT LAKE CITY and LEESBURG, Va., Oct. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Amedica Corporation, a biomaterial company, announced today that it…
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Financial
Boston Scientific to Slash Up to 1,500 More Jobs Even As Q3 Numbers Improve
Boston Scientific ($BSX) disclosed plans to slash between 1,100 and 1,500 jobs beginning in the fourth quarter, even as the…
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Uncategorized
2013 Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference This Week
Investors and entrepreneurs from around the world will be in Memphis October 22 and 23, 2013, to attend the Eleventh…
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Financial
Three reasons the medical device tax repeal fight doesn’t end with the shutdown
By: Brian Johnson Don’t panic, there’s plenty of room for optimism in the fight to repeal the medical device tax.…
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Extremities
Wright Medical agrees to acquire Biotech for $80M
Wright Medical Group Inc. will acquire a French implant manufacturer, Biotech International, in an $80 million deal, the Memphis-area medical…
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