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Michel Orsinger Assumes Role as Chairman of LimaCorporate’s Advisory Board
SAN DANIELE DEL FRIULI, Italy, November 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- LimaCorporate is pleased to announce that Michel Orsinger, Board Member of LimaCorporate's Advisory Board, will assume the role of Chairman of the Board. Michel joined the Advisory Board mid-2017...
Healthcare will spend the most on R&D of any industry by 2020, says PwC
Written by Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor of Healthcare Finance. Healthcare currently ranks below the computing and electronics industry worldwide, but that's likely to change over the next couple of years. Right now, the healthcare industry ranks second among all...
FDA warns StemGenex Biologic Laboratories LLC of illegally marketing an unapproved cellular product manufactured in a facility with significant manufacturing violations, putting patients at risk
SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned StemGenex Biologic Laboratories LLC (StemGenex) of San Diego, Calif; its owner/manager Rita F. Alexander and laboratory and medical director Jenny R. Galloway, M.D....
EOS imaging to Present Its EOSapps Suite at the French Society of Orthopedic and Traumatological Surgery Congress (SOFCOT)
Symposium to showcase Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) results with EOS analysis First time association of hipEOS with intra-operative navigation to execute surgical plan November 12, 2018 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: EOS imaging...
NuVasive’s Proprietary Porous PEEK™ Implant To Be Used In Flagship XLIF® Procedure
Company receives FDA 510(k) clearance for use of COHERE® interbody in XLIF® procedure as new clinical study further validates important benefits of Porous PEEK™ material technology SAN DIEGO, Nov. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), the leader in...
DJO® and SirenMD® Announce Partnership for Collaboration
DJO becomes the exclusive Sales Representative for SirenMD’s sports team market. Designed to provide better patient care and enhance collaboration for healthcare providers. November 07, 2018 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time VISTA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DJO®, a...
K2M Group Holdings, Inc. Stockholders Approve Acquisition by Stryker
LEESBURG, Va., Nov. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At a special meeting today, stockholders of K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (“K2M” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KTWO) approved the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of August 29,...
Mazor Robotics Reports Third Quarter and Nine Month 2018 Results
- Special General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for November 19, 2018 to Vote on Merger Agreement with Medtronic - CAESAREA, Israel, Nov. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Mazor Robotics Ltd. (TASE: MZOR) (NASDAQGM: MZOR), a pioneer and a leader in the field of robotic...
CartiHeal’s Agili-C™ Implant Promotes the Regenerative Capacity of Articular Cartilage Defects in Human Cadaveric Ex-vivo Model
KFAR SABA, Israel, November 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CartiHeal, developer of Agili-C™, a proprietary implant for the treatment of joint surface lesions, announced today the publication of a study demonstrating that the Agili-C™ implant promotes the regenerative...
Rapid Company Growth Prompts joimax® Inc. to Move Its US Headquarters to a New, Larger State-of-the-Art Facility
November 05, 2018 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--joimax®, the Germany-based market leader of technologies and training methods for full-endoscopic minimally invasive spinal surgery, announces the move of its US headquarters to a new...
EOS imaging Leadership Transition to Strengthen U.S. Strategy
Mike Lobinsky, President North America, appointed Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2019 Valérie Worrall joins as Chief Financial Officer November 05, 2018 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: EOS imaging (Paris:EOSI)...
DJO® Unveils Two Additional Products, Further Expanding the Breadth of the EMPOWR Knee System®
EMPOWRTM Knee Platform now includes cementless primary and revision solutions for surgeons and patients DJO introduced the EMPOWR Porous™ Knee System and EMPOWR™ Complex Primary Knee System. These new additions to the EMPOWR™ Knee Platform expand one of the industry's...
Medacta Unveils Two New Kinematic Alignment Options for Knee Replacement Surgery
-- The Medacta Individualized Kinematic Alignment (MIKA) surgical strategy provides two alternatives: a manual instrumented calipered technique and one using patient-specific instrumentation CASTEL SAN PIETRO, Switzerland & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medacta...
Innovasive™ Granted FDA Clearance for DualX™ Expanding Interbody Spinal Device
The DualX device expands in both width and height providing a stable foundation for spinal fusion. MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. (PRWEB) OCTOBER 31, 2018 Innovasive, a privately-held spinal device company, focuses on developing and commercializing minimally-invasive,...
RTI Surgical® to Acquire Paradigm Spine
Significantly Enhances RTI’s Spine Franchise Offering Through Coflex® Technology Provides Differentiated, Premarket Approved (PMA) Device Supported by Strong Clinical Data with Expanding Coverage from Payors Demonstrates Another Important Milestone in RTI’s Strategic...
