Month: June 2014
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Recon
Ampio Initiates Study of Multiple Injections of Ampion™ Into the Knees of Patients with OA
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., June 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (nyse mkt:AMPE) today announced that it has started patient…
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Spine
Benvenue Medical Expands Senior Management Team
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Benvenue Medical, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for spine repair, today…
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Spine
Baxano Surgical Announces First Clinical Use of the Avance MIS Pedicle Screw System
RALEIGH, N.C., June 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Baxano Surgical, Inc. (Nasdaq:BAXS), a medical device company focused on designing, developing…
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Uncategorized
Tides Turn for These Orthopedic Firms
About the Author Debbie S. Wang is a senior analyst with Morningstar. Contact Author | Meet other investing specialists With the announcement…
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Biologics
Stem Cells May Be More Widespread and with Greater Potential than Previously Believed
New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that the distribution, function and utility of stem cells With the plethora of…
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Biologics
A Step Closer to Bio-Printing Transplantable Tissues and Organs
Researchers have made a giant leap towards the goal of ‘bio-printing’ transplantable tissues and organs for people affected by major…
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Extremities
Anthony G. Viscogliosi Comments on Stryker Acquisition of Small Bone Innovations, Inc.
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Statement by Anthony G. Viscogliosi, founder and former chairman and chief executive officer of Small Bone Innovations (SBi),…
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Extremities
Ankle Implant Is More Common to Relieve Severe Arthritis Pain
Advances in implant design make procedure a viable option for many Dr. Jonathan Deland of Hospital for Special Surgery with…
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Uncategorized
BREAKING – Stryker buys Small Bone Innovations for up to $375M
NEW YORK — Medical device maker Stryker said Monday it will buy bone and joint replacement maker Small Bone Innovations for…
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Uncategorized
Opioid use prior to spine surgery linked to diminished patient reported outcomes
A new study appearing in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) links the use of opioid pain relievers (prescription medications,…
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Healthcare’s ‘sloppy’ with security, hacker says
June 30, 2014 by Arezu Sarvestani Too many hospitals have unsecured computer terminals that expose sensitive networks and leave every single internet…
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Recon
Modified classification system finds over one-third of knee replacements as inappropriate
New research reports that more than one third of total knee replacements in the U.S. were classified as “inappropriate” using…
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Extremities
BIOMARKERS MAY PREDICT OSTEOARTHRITIS
Biloine W. Young • Fri, June 20th, 2014 Researchers have found a correlation between the presence of biomarkers in the…
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Financial
Medtronic CEO gets 35% boost in compensation
Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak, who is overseeing the $42.9 billion acquisition of Irish medical products maker Covidien, received a 35%…
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Uncategorized
How Health Care Costs Wrecked Our Measures of Economic Growth
BY MARK GIMEIN U.S. growth numbers were revised this week, with fresh data for the first quarter showing the economy shrinking…
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