Day: September 2, 2014
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Financial
EU decision on Zimmer’s $13.4 bln Biomet deal expected by Oct. 3
(Reuters) – European Union antitrust regulators will decide by Oct. 3 whether to give the green light to U.S. orthopaedic…
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Uncategorized
Elkhart doctor settles $2.6 million kickback charge with feds
SOUTH BEND (AP) — A Texas company and an Elkhart spinal surgeon accused by the U.S. Justice Department of being…
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Biologics
Integra LifeSciences Announces Changes Within Its Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies Business
PLAINSBORO, N.J., Sept. 2, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:IART) today announced that it has made changes to the…
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Spine
Ranier’s unique material Anatom-C Fusion cage receives CE mark
Ranier has been granted a CE mark for its new fusion cage, Anatom-C, which is made from a unique polymeric…
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Uncategorized
PGA Tour’s Partnership With Stryker A Case Study In Sports Sponsorship
Jason Belzer For non-traditional brands seeking to create awareness among consumers, the usage of sports sponsorship is often the most…
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Uncategorized
Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Warrants an Ongoing “Reasonable Royalty”
John C. Low, Ph.D. Comparing and contrasting Texas trade secret law to jurisprudence relating to patent infringement damages, the U.S. District Court for…
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Uncategorized
Why Doctors Are Sick of Their Profession
By SANDEEP JAUHAR All too often these days, I find myself fidgeting by the doorway to my exam room,…
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Hospitals
FDA USER FEES DROP 3% FOR 2015
Walter Eisner • Thu, August 7th, 2014 FDA medical device user fees are going down by 3%. Medical device companies…
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Recon
From nose to knee: engineered cartilage regenerates joints
Human articular cartilage defects can be treated with nasal septum cells. Researchers at the University and the University Hospital of…
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Sports Medicine
Arthrex wins $255M Defense Dept. contract
August 29, 2014 by Brad Perriello Arthrex outbids nearly 60 competitors to win a contract with the U.S. Defense Dept. that’s worth…
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Uncategorized
Hip surgery costs less than conservative care for fractures, ortho docs say
August 29, 2014 by Arezu Sarvestani Surgical repair of hip fractures costs more up-front but saves $65,000 in healthcare costs down the…
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Extremities
EDGE gets FDA clearance for VIEW Plating System and REDUCE Fracture Plating System
EDGE Orthopaedics, a new entry in the orthopedic medical device space, is excited to announce they have received their second…
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Recon
ZIMMER develops a “once-in-a-lifetime” hip replacement that lasts 34 years
Walter Eisner • Wed, August 27th, 2014 Zimmer Holdings, Inc. says it has the only laboratory tested hip replacement technology…
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Recon
Older patients still fastest-growing demographic for TKA
Despite total knee arthroplasty becoming more prevalent in patients younger than 65 years of age, the main demographic of growth…
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