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Financial
Due To Excise Tax, B. Braun Halts Plans For New HQ
By Brian Pedersen A federally imposed medical device excise tax has stopped plans for new corporate headquarters for one of…
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Financial
Inversions Become Political Hazard as Stryker Weighs Deal
By Matthew Campbell Inversion deals were once a little-known exercise in financial engineering to reduce U.S. companies’ taxes. Now, they’ve…
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Financial
A Pitch Deck Containing These 15 Slides Is More Likely to Get the Money
RON YEKUTIEL Fundraising is often vital to a startup’s success, and at the heart of fundraising lies a concise…
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Hospitals
The New Role of Regulatory Affairs in Medical Device Manufacturing
By Kellen Hills, Contributing Writer Today’s market realities have reshaped the role of regulatory affairs within the medical device development…
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Financial
Medtronic expects to free up to $4B after IRS beef is settled
November 25, 2014 by Brad Perriello Medtronic says it expects to repatriate as much as $4 billion in cash after…
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Recon
Zimmer may have to divest Uni-compartmental Knees and Shoulders to do the Biomet deal
Walter Eisner • Mon, November 24th, 2014 The European Commission was supposed to make a decision on the ZimmerBiomet deal…
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Biologics
INFUSE SALES LEADING MEDTRONIC SPINE TO HEALTH
Walter Eisner • Thu, November 20th, 2014 Medtronic Inc.’s spine’s most recent quarter’s sales beat Wall Street expectations. Most surprisingly,…
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Extremities
More Patients Opt to Replace Ankle Joints Instead of Fusion
By LAURA LANDRO Replacing hips and knees has become a common affair. Now, people are increasingly swapping out weakened or injured…
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Extremities
Smith & Nephew Still Entices as Regulators Loom: Real M&A
By Tara Lachapelle A deal between Stryker Corp. (SYK) and Smith & Nephew Plc (SN/) makes as much sense now…
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7-year-old gets new grip on life from 3D printer
A North Carolina college student has created a prosthetic hand for kids that costs a lot less than regular models.…
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Extremities
2014 PHYSICIAN REFERRAL SURVEY
An effective and efficient healthcare system starts, first and foremost, with ensuring that patients are seen by the right providers – clinicians who…
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Hospitals
Bloomfield Hills surgeon charged in health care fraud
Robert Snell, The Detroit News Detroit — A Bloomfield Hills neurosurgeon allegedly defrauded the Medicare health care program for seniors…
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Biologics
The Top 11 Spine Technologies in 2014
Robin Young • Thu, November 20th, 2014 The companies who submitted winning technologies were: 109 Design; Aesculap, Inc.; Medacta International…
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Extremities
Reporting physician quality: The dangerous game the government plays
ARVIND CAVALE, MD We have heard ad nauseum that the data collection mandated by Medicare and Medicaid is to improve…
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Spine
Interventional Spine®, Inc. Announces FDA Clearance of its Lateral Opticage™ Expandable Interbody for Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Interventional Spine®, Inc. today announced FDA clearance of its Lateral Opticage™ Expandable Intervertebral Body…
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