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Spine
Controversial Study Suggests Chronic Lower Back Pain Could Be Managed with Disc Steroid Injections
(Burr Ridge, IL)—In what may be a landmark study, researchers report short-term pain relief with intradiscal steroid injections—a minimally-invasive, nonsurgical…
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FDA Launches Medical Device Innovation Initiative
SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed the Innovation Pathway, a priority review program…
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Financial
Tornier Prices Initial Public Offering
AMSTERDAM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tornier N.V. (the “Company”) announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 8,750,000 of the Company’s ordinary…
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Extremities
Judge strikes down healthcare reform law
By Tom Brown MIAMI | Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:45pm EST (Reuters) – A federal judge in Florida struck down President Barack…
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Sports Medicine
DJO Incorporated Announces Planned Transition of President and CEO Les Cross
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — DJO Incorporated (“DJO” or the “Company”), a global provider of medical device solutions for…
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Recon
How to Increase Surgeon Adoption of Your Medical Devices
By Don Wright and James Thein 28%. This is the statistic derived from one of the largest medical device companies…
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Sector Snap: Medical device makers in 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — A William Blair & Co. analyst said Monday that 2011 will be a difficult year for…
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Spine
Medtronic CEO To Retire; Outside Replacement Sought
Medtronic Inc. (MDT) Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Hawkins plans to retire at the end of the medical-device maker’s current…
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Hospitals
Stryker Sues Zimmer Over U.S. Wound-Treatment Device Patents
By: Susan Decker Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — Stryker Corp., a maker of artificial knees and hips, filed a patent-infringement lawsuit…
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OSN Adds Email Service
As many of you have probably noticed, we have decided to redesign our site to make navigation a bit easier…
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Minnesota senators recruit buddies to pressure FDA over 510(k)
As the duly elected representatives of the great state of Minnesota, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken along with Rep.…
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