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OrthoSpineNews will be at AAOS

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P&G To Lay Off 1,600 After Discovering It’s Free To Advertise On Facebook Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/pg-ceo-to-lay-off-1600-after-discovering-its-free-to-advertise-on-facebook-and-google-2012-1#ixzz1l3FEfe9c

Reality appears to have finally arrived at Procter & Gamble, the world's largest marketer, whose $10 billion annual ad budget has hurt the company's margins. P&G said it

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Bradshaw Medical Announces Two New Patents and RECORD Sales

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On (and Off) the Record – RY Ortho

Dear OTW Reader: Has Dr. Javad Parvizi found THE solution for infection detection?…Applicant boom at HSS (and elsewhere)…James Lightman New VP at Wright…Are theresurprises in store for young orthopedists flocking to hospital employment?…and more.

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Regen Biologics slams FDA for revoking Menaflex approval

Regen Biologics blasted the Food and Drug Administration Monday for its decision to revoke its 2-year-old approval of the company’s leading product, a patch to repair the knee’s

FDA Rescinds Approval of Menaflex Knee Replacement Device

The FDA has rescinded approval for the Menaflex Collagen Scaffold knee replacement, saying that the orthopedic implant was incorrectly fast-tracked for approval without being appropriately vetted by the

OSN Launches Job Board

OrthoSpineNews is proud to release a new job board!! We have seen steady growth in our readership and are now serving news to approximately 10,000 people per month!!!

Medtronic Signs Agreement to Acquire Osteotech

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medtronic Inc., (NYSE: MDT) and Osteotech, Inc., (Nasdaq: OSTE) today announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under

Pound for Pound

This has been an interesting week in Spine/Biologics. You may remember when Ramius decided to go on the offensive against Orthofix last year regarding the perceived mismanagement/acquisition of

Don’t Call it a Comeback…

I have had the great joy to post a great many articles in recent weeks announcing money raised for multiple early stage companies in our space. I wanted

Predictability Competes with Confidence in 510(k) Revamp

Assuaging both agency and industry concerns requires a precarious balancing act in the 510(k) overhaul. By: James G. Dickinson FDA’s massive revamp of its battered 510(k) market-entry program for medical

I Guess Not…

A couple of weeks ago, Lanx made an announcement that Michael DeMane was taking over as Chairman and CEO of the company. This was widely viewed as a

House issues six-month reprieve on Medicare cuts

The U.S. House of Representatives approves a six-month stay in a 21 percent cut to Medicare reimbursement rates for physicians. Nearly a week after a 21 percent cut to

Surge in Complex Spinal Fusions Questioned

Linda Carroll - (http://www.anesthesiologynews.com/index.asp?section_id=2&show=dept&issue_id=637&article_id=15248)

Even as the frequency of decompression surgeries has fallen, the rate of complex

The Next IPO?

Tornier B.V. files for up to $205 mln IPO

* Expects to trade on Nasdaq Global Markets under symbol "TRNX" (Reuters) - Medical device company Tornier B.V. filed with the