Month: December 2014
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Biologics
STRYKER GET EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO OSIRIS BONE ALLOGRAFT
Walter Eisner • Mon, December 29th, 2014 Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. and Stryker Corporation have entered into an exclusive, worldwide partnership…
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Hospitals
MiMedx pleased with FDA Draft Guidance on Minimal Manipulation of HCT/Ps
MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), the leading regenerative medicine company utilizing human amniotic tissue and patent-protected processes to develop and…
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Financial
Medical Device Tax: Rep. Charlie Dent puts repeal at top of GOPs priority list for 2015
December 30, 2014 by Brian Johnson Pennsylvania Republican Charlie Dent, who will serve as chairman of the House Ethics Committee…
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Financial
Will Republican Majority Or Courts Dismantle ObamaCare?
By SALLY C. PIPES Republicans officially take over Congress next month, but their leaders do not appear optimistic about fulfilling…
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Spine
8 key concepts on surgical site infection for neuromuscular scoliosis spinal fusions
Written by Laura Dyrda Surgical site infections are serious complications and have a 6 percent to 24 percent prevalence rate…
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Extremities
Building A Successful Reimbursement Team – Part 3 of 3
By: Mary Corkins Read Part 1 of 3 Here Read Part 2 of 3 Here The Reimbursement Group (TRG) has helped…
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Hospitals
Obama’s Latest Bait and Switch for Docs: Medicaid Payments to be Cut by 40%
Dr Kevin Ray Campbell As we enter year two of the Affordable Care Act, we have seen many issues arise…
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Financial
After K2M Deal, Supervisors Look To Replenish Incentive Fund
Jonathan Hunley – Leesburg Today The Dec. 12 news that medical-device manufacturer K2M Group Holdings Inc. plans to expand in…
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Biologics
Top 20 Stem Cell Predictions for 2015
Dr. Paul Knoepfler (@pknoepfler) Every year I do a list of top predictions for the coming year for the stem…
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K2M Announces Completion of First Surgical Case Using CAPRI(TM) Corpectomy Cage System
LEESBURG, Va., Dec. 22, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTWO) (the “Company” or “K2M”), a global medical…
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Extremities
Inquiry Into Foreign Bribes Biomet Hangs Over $13 Billion Merger
By BEN PROTESS and MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED From the skyscrapers of Wall Street to the factories of northern…
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Recon
Can Hip Arthroscopy Be Performed With Conventional Knee-Length Instrumentation?
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine whether hip arthroscopy can be performed using conventional knee-length arthroscopy instrumentation.…
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Extremities
New test for Osteogenesis Imperfecta or brittle bone disease
Biloine W. Young • Wed, December 24th, 2014 Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is, also known as “Brittle Bone” disease. Doctors identify…
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Extremities
3-D Printing Is Changing the Future of Prosthetics
Lucy Vernasco Thanks to 3-D printing, a lifetime of prosthetics will cost less than one commercially made device. Soon enough,…
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Extremities
Adults With Eczema May Have Elevated Fracture Risk
Ricki Lewis, PhD Eczema may increase the risk of sustaining fractures, according to a study published online December 13 in…
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