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The OtisMed plea agreement with the government over distributing their knee system without Food and Drug Administration clearance includes a side "non-prosecution" agreement with Stryker, which purchased OtisMed without knowledge of this incident, according to Corporate Crime Reporter.

The fear of reinjury and lack of confidence can have a huge impact on anterior cruciate ligament surgery recovery and return to play after a sports injury.

Physicians sit on the Food and Drug Administration's panel for device clearances, and some of those physicians have financial ties to device companies. Does that influence their decisions?

Gary Waslewski, MD, and Doug Freedberg, MD, performed ACL surgery on Arizona Cardinals' Carson Palmer, according to a Cardinals Blog post.

Helius Medical Technologies named neurosurgeon Jennifer Sweet, MD, to its newly formed scientific and medical advisory board.

Aurora Spine received the Health Canada Medical Device License for its ZIP Interspinous Fusion System.

Mazor Robotics received three purchase orders for its Renaissance robot-assisted systems.

Intrinsic Therapeutics completed patient enrollment in the company's randomized superiority clinical trial of the Barricaid anular closure device.

Jonathan A. Hyde, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon providing care at the South Florida Spine Institute in Miami Beach, Fla. He is also a clinical assistant professor of orthopedics at Florida International University in Miami. He is a member…

Here are the percentage changes in physician income from 2013 to 2014, according to Physicians Practice's 2014 Physician Compensation Survey: