Here are 10 key notes on major spine and orthopedic device companies.
Biomet filed with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering of its common shares of up to $100 million.
Cerapedics presented preliminary outcomes data from a FDA Investigational Device Exemption clinical trial for i-FACTOR Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures, which indicates that treatment with i-FACTOR does not result in significantly inferior outcomes as compared to treatment with autograft.
DJO Global appointed of Brady Shirley as president of DJO Surgical, effective immediately.
Exactech announced the first surgeries using the company's new Equinoxe Resurfacing Humeral Head were performed successfully.
LDR announced 50,000-plus implantations of its VerteBRIDGE plating technology worldwide.
Smith & Nephew and OrthoSensor announced they have entered an agreement to co-market OrthoSensor's VERASENSE Sensor Assisted Surgery Technology along with Smith & Nephew's JOURNEY II and LEGION Total Knee Systems.
Southern Spine entered into an agreement with a distributor in Italy for its StabiLink MIS Spinal Fixation System.
Stryker completed its previously announced acquisition of Pivot Medical.
United Orthopedic Corporation, headquartered in Taiwan, announced its entrance into the U.S. market, offering hip and knee devices through its U.S. subsidiary — UOC USA.
Vistek Medical, a contract manufacturer of medical implants and components focused on the orthopedic, spinal, trauma and extremity markets, announced it has completed an expansion of its manufacturing capabilities.
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