New Agreement Makes TenJet System Available to U.S. Patients
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. and HydroCision Inc. recently signed a distribution agreement to make…
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Tim Hein: New VP of Sales at Paradigm Spine
Paradigm Spine, LLC has a new leader to guide U.S. sales of the company’s lead…
Francis Magee: New CTO at Paradigm Spine
Dr. Magee is one of the pioneers in motion preservation spine technologies and a 30+ year veteran of the science and art of medical device development.
Charlie Gilbride: EVP of Sales, Marketing at Paradigm Spine
Charlie Gilbride, formerly vice president of U.S. product marketing for LDR Spine, is now the…
Lisa Denison: New VP of Marketing at Paradigm Spine
Lisa Denison is the new leader of marketing at Paradigm Spine, LLC. Denison, now the…
Formalizing Patient Empowerment–Meet Thomas Linton at Laser Spine
Thomas Linton, who brings 20 years of executive roles from companies such as AT&T, Bank…
Quadrant Biosciences to Commercialize Concussion Biomarker
According to a recent press release, Quadrant Biosciences Inc. has entered into licensing agreements with…
Titan Spine Opens Memphis Distribution Center
Mequon, Wisconsin-based Titan Spine has just opened a grand distribution facility in Memphis to meet…
Vermont’s Rutland Medical Center Wins National Award
The Rutland Regional Medical Center, of Rutland, Vermont, has won the Advisory Board 2018 Workplace…
25% Tariff Proposed on Imported Orthopedic Products
Robin Young • Wed, April 4th, 2018
In 1912 Democrats were pro-tariff, Republicans were not. Times have changed. / Source: Wikimedia Commons
This week, the U.S. government proposed taxing a large number of medical products including orthopedic devices being imported from China 25%. Here is the list of products for which the Trump Administration would like to tax and the time table for public comment and potential implementation.
“Environmentally Friendly” Cleaning Solvent for Device Makers
AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. says it has a “safer, highly effective and environmentally friendly” fluorinated…
Amazon Snatches Former FDA Big Data Chief
The disintermediators of Silicon Valley continue their incursion into health care. Get ready to learn…
John A. DeFord, Ph.D. Joins NuVasive Board
John A. DeFord, Ph.D. now has a seat on the NuVasive, Inc. board of directors….
Apple to Open Medical Clinics
Have you ever been in an Apple store and wondered what the patient experience would…
$23.25 Million Raised for Simplify Medical
Simplify Medical Pty Ltd, based in Sunnyvale, California, has announced that it has completed a…
No More Getting Lost in Hospital Corridors With New Tech
Connexient LLC, known for its navigation-enable Enterprise Information Technology, recently launched its turn-by-turn indoor navigation…
Amazon, Orthopedics and Distribution Disruption
Last August 24, 2017, Amazon announced it was buying Whole Foods. On January 30, 2018,…
OxyContin Maker Just Says No to Promoting to Docs
Just say no…. Purdue Pharma LP, the maker of OxyContin, said on February 10, 2018…
Change Healthcare Wins 3 KLAS Awards for Top Performers
Change Healthcare recently announced that three of its products, Quality Performance Advisor, ANSOS Staff Scheduling…
Sparta Science Raises $7M to Expand Into Clinical Settings
Sparta Science, a sports tech company that applies data and technology to the prediction and…
RTI Surgical, Inc. Purchases Zyga Technology
Alachua, Florida-based RTI Surgical, Inc. has purchased Minnesota-based Zyga Technology, Inc. as of January 4,…
New Not-for-Profit Ortho Foundation Started
A new not-for-profit global organization has been established in Warsaw, Indiana. The WishBone Orthopaedic Foundation…
Carestream Imaging System Wins Top Rating From KLAS
KLAS Research, an independent research organization that monitors healthcare vendor performance based in Orem, Utah,…
The Economic Value of a Single U.S. Physician
The American Medical Association (AMA) hired IQVIA, the data, marketing and research outsourcing firm formerly…
Did FDA Panel Make a Mistake on Barricaid Vote?
Robin Young • Tue, January 2nd, 2018
Barricaid ® / Courtesy of Intrinsic
Did the recent FDA panel considering Intrinsic’s Barricaid make a mistake? In reviewing both the FDA letter, the Barricaid’s study and Instrinsic’s health economics data, it appears that the panel may have missed the forest for the trees. Read this and see if you agree.
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Top Orthopedic Stories From 2017
Walter Eisner • Tue, January 2nd, 2018
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Our uniquely dynamic and impactful industry treated more patients in 2017 than ever before and did so with a new generation of technologies and clinical skill levels. The top orthopedic stories reflected those trends while also addressing key issues like the opioid crisis, corporate disruption, and an increasingly complicated and intrusive U.S. regulatory and payment system.
Largest U.S. Not-for-Profit Hospital System Formed
Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives have agreed to merge and, in the process, create…
Michael Piccirillo to Head NuVasive Clinical Professional Development
Michael Piccirillo, a seasoned designer of spine educational curricula, is the new leader of NuVasive’s…
Mazor Subject to Israeli Securities Investigation
In a story written by investigative journalists Tomer Ganon and Dror Reich for Israeli technology…
NuVasive to Acquire SafePassage
NuVasive, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, California, is all set to acquire New York-based SafePassage,…