New Spinal Cord Injury Repair Company Launched
Based on an innovative technology from Yale University which has shown promise to grow nerve…
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Mike Lobinsky, Pierre Schwich Now at EOS imaging
Mike Lobinsky and Pierre Schwich have come on board at Paris, France-based EOS imaging, with…
Beckendorf New Engineering Director at Orchid Design
Brandon Beckendorf, formerly of OsteoMed and Arthrex, Inc., is the new Director of Engineering at…
New Graft Delivery Technology Receives Core Patent
SurGenTec’s Graftgun recently received device and method patent No. 9,668,881 from the United States Patent…
Histogenics Moves onto Phase 3 Clinical Trial for NeoCart
Histogenics Corporation, a regenerative medicine company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, recently announced the completion of…
Medacta Spine: Strong First Quarter, New Products
Medacta International, based in Castel San Pietro, Switzerland, has announced that the company’s USA Spine…
Ranfac Marrow Cellution Reaps a Better Harvest
In a white paper entitled, “Comparative Analysis of Marrow Cellutions and EMCYTE Bone Marrow Concentrate…
Stryker Posts 6.1% Second Quarter Sales Increase
Stryker Corporation (SYK) announced on Thursday, July 27, 2017, that sales for the second quarter…
NuVasive Posts 10.3% Second Quarter Sales Increase
NuVasive, Inc. (NUVA) announced on Thursday, July 27, 2017, that sales for the second quarter…
Two LUKE Prosthetic Arms Now Available to Veterans
Mobius Bionics LLC has recently announced that the first two LUKE (Life Under Kinetic Evolution)…
IART Posts 13.2% Second Quarter Sales Increase
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (IART) announced on Wednesday, July 27, 2017, that sales for the…
Conmed Corporation Posts 1.9% Second Quarter Sales Increase
Conmed Corporation (CNMD) announced on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, that sales for the second quarter…
OrthoCarolina: Healthiest Employer in Area for 2nd Year
At OrthoCarolina they walk the walk…and run…and lift weights. The Charlotte-based organization has been named…
Mount Sinai Opens Major Ortho Center on “West Side”
Growing orthopedic competition in New York City these days…Mount Sinai has just opened the Orthopaedic…
Simplify Medical Raises $21 Million!
Even in today’s expensive research climate, $21 million can go a long way. Simplify Medical…
Bioventus Expands Patient Nonunion Assurance Program
Bioventus, based in Durham, North Carolina, has announced that it will be expanding its novel…
Intellirod Awarded $1 Million in “Angel” Funding
Intellirod Spine, based in Akron, Ohio, has told OTW that it has been awarded “just…
Exactech: First Clinical Use of New Products in Japan
Exactech, Inc., based in Gainesville, Florida, has announced that the company has had the first…
Bioventus Portfolio Available Through Premier, Inc.
Bioventus, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, has announced that its full surgical orthobiologics portfolio is…
Shark Tank Meets Spine Start Up VerteCore!
Tracey Romero • Wed, July 19th, 2017
Courtesy of Paul Leake, co-founder of VerteCore Technologies
Paul Leake, one of the founders of VerteCore Technologies and co-inventor of the ‘Lift,’ recently pitched his novel new device to treat back pain in an open audition for ABC’s Emmy award winning Shark Tank reality show. Will Leake make it to the big dance? Here’s an inside look at how this young executive snagged a big-time audition.
Safe Orthopaedics Posts 37% Second Quarter Sales Increase
Safe Orthopaedics announced on Monday, July 10, 2017, that sales for the second quarter 2017…
Dvorak Out at Zimmer Biomet
Dave Dvorak has resigned, unexpectedly, as president and CEO of Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. The…
Chicago’s Rush and Indiana’s Franciscan Health Join Forces
Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (MOR) and Franciscan Health Munster in Indiana have entered into…
Outrageous Allegations Rock Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
Robin Young • Wed, July 5th, 2017
Source: Wikimedia Commons and Jim Henderson
Last week a disgruntled physician shot fellow doctors at Bronx-Lebanon hospital. Before this tragedy occurred, the 120-year-old urban healthcare provider had been hit with a seemingly unending series of major crisis. You think your hospital has problems? Be thankful you aren’t Bronx-Lebanon—the unluckiest hospital in the United States.
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Is Artificial Intelligence Hitting a Healthcare Wall?
Evan Sweeney, senior editor at Fierce Healthcare, noted in a recent article that tech giants…
Zimmer Biomet Production Blues
Walter Eisner • Mon, July 3rd, 2017
Courtesy of Elite Signs
Zimmer exec Dave Dvorak has had a stellar record with mergers and integration. But the 2015 Biomet acquisition brought some big challenges. An internal quality audit and FDA inspection at the Biomet North Campus caused big production delays. Dvorak acted fast. Read what he told analysts about fixing the North Campus Blues.
Will Apple Disrupt Healthcare?
Rajiv Leventhal, Managing Editor of Healthcare Informatics, wrote this week that Apple may succeed where…
Amazon Aims at Healthcare
Is Amazon, the giant online retailer, dropping hints about moving into the healthcare industry? In…
Top 18 Healthcare Deals for 2017 So Far…
Robin Young • Thu, June 29th, 2017
Source: Wikimedia Commons and Hollger Ellgaard
Go big or go home. In the world of hospitals and their suppliers, that has been the mantra for the past few years. This year, the pace of M&A activity is as strong as ever. Here are 18 of the top deals so far.
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ZipLine Medical Raises $12 Million
ZipLine Medical, Inc., headquartered in Campbell, California, has a few more dollars to work with…