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Scorecard – DOJ Versus Orthopedic Companies
Tiger Buford from OrthoStreams.com did a fabulous job of identifying where the orthopedic companies are currently with regard to the…
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Hospitals
The five tax hikes in Obamacare that most hurt seniors
The jobs-killing Obamacare law contains 20 new or higher taxes on American families and employers. Many of these tax increases…
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FDA: 522 Reform Could Lead to More Discussions, Longer Response Time
The FDA will consider adding a mandatory pre-522 discussion period before issuing postmarket surveillance orders, officials at an FDA public…
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Sports Medicine
Office Injection Art Meets Science- Carticept’s “Navigator DS” at the AAOS 2012….
Written By: Jeff Chandler, OrthoSpineNews, jeff@tdg-llc.com Historically, orthopedic drug administration for osteoarthritis (~27m Americans) and cartilage injuries (~2m/yr) has been…
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Financial
Blackstone’s DJO Seeks $630 Million of Debt to Refinance
DJO Finance LLC, the Blackstone Group LP-owned maker of orthopedic devices, is seeking to amend $943 million of loans to…
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Spine
Category I Code Approved for TranS1’s AxiaLIF Pre-Sacral Interbody Fusion
WILMINGTON, N.C., Mar 5, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — TranS1 Inc. TSON +29.24% , a medical device company focused on designing, developing and…
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Spine
FDA fines Globus Medical and CEO $1M for selling rejected bone graft products
Orthopedics device maker Globus Medical and its CEO agree to pay a $1 million fine after an FDA inspection finds…
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Spine
A sit down with Eric Olson, new President & CEO of Amedica Corporation.
Written By: Drue De Angelis While at AAOS, I sat down with Eric Olson from Amedica Corp. and Dr. Thomas…
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Spine
Medtronic indicates it’s considering selling its spine unit
By Christopher Snowbeck csnowbeck@pioneerpress.com Posted: 02/21/2012 12:01:00 AM CST Updated: 02/21/2012 09:36:39 PM CST Another quarter of weak sales…
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Uncategorized
Turbulence Ahead
Good morning folks, this is your captain speaking. While here at AAOS, some big news was announced. No, no acquisitions…
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Sports Medicine
Stem Cells in Sports Injuries: A Performance Enhancement? Not Reimbursable? C’mon Man!
By: Jeff Chandler, Sports Medicine Writer at OrthoSpineNews.com Have you had enough? Let’s see, the last time I checked I…
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Uncategorized
OrthoSpineNews will be at AAOS
That’s right! We will be at AAOS and looking to conduct interviews with senior leaders of emerging companies. If you…
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Sports Medicine
HOLY COW – Conformis nets $89 million in Series E round
The Burlington, Mass.-based orthopedic device maker nets $89 million in a Series E round CEO Philipp Lang says it will…
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Financial
Study: Venture investment rose 22% in 2011
Venture capitalists opened their wallets wider in 2011, investing $28.4 billion, up 22 percent, in 3,673 deals, up 4 percent,…
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Recon
J&J’s Depuy to stop selling all custom devices in response to FDA warning
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Depuy Orthopaedics decides to stop selling all custom devices following an FDA letter warning the company…
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