SERC Surgical Lab/The NASS Spine Education and Research Center
State-of-the-art only begins to describe the NASS Spine Education and Research Center. A 3,800 sq. ft. bio-skills lab with 12 fully equipped work stations, and the ability to stream content worldwide, means a superb learning environment.
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Spinal Implant sales growth was about 1% for the second quarter although some companies, notably NuVasive, Medicrea, and Alphatec reported strong sales growth. Pricing pressures and other issues will, we expect, keep over all spine market growth at 4% in 2010. For company forecasts read on.
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Dr. Jonathan Barnwell, a recipient of a 2009 grant from the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, is researching nerve regeneration under the mentorship of Zhongyu Li, M.D., Ph.D. Drs. Barnwell and Li comment on their work as their year together winds up.
Eric Major, CEO, K2M
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS)—the largest and most successful private equity firm focused on information/business services and health care—just laid a big bet on spine and selected the Virginia-based upstart K2M as its platform company. Smart money.
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Pricing pressures continue to affect spinal implant supplier revenues and we are, therefore, lowering our sales forecasts for spinal implant and instrumentation companies specifically. But not all companies were affected the same way. Read on for our company specific forecasts.
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The theme is not new, but the impact continues. Competitive pricing pressure noted by managements in virtually every manufacturer conference call is the main reason PearlDiver has lowered the 2010 spinal implant sales forecast.
(Expedition Group/Eagle Condor Humanitarian)
Eagle Condor Humanitarian and Innovasis, a spinal implant and device manufacturer are bringing treatments to villagers of Peru and changing villagers lives….and their own. Sometimes to get back to medical basics you have to travel.
Regenerative Medicine: Re-Growing Body Parts
MAKOplasty Robotic Knee Surgery
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