Johnson & Johnson's acquisition of Synthes tops the list of the medical device industry's largest transaction, according to Mass Device analysis.
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Zimmer Holdings and Tokyo-based Seikagaku have won a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Sanofi, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Central Phoenix Surgical Center has received approval from various regulatory bodies to add Progenitor Cell Therapy to its list of interventional pain services.
Business Dynamics, a spine coding and reimbursement firm based in Mineola, N.Y., has worked as a patient advocate to get previously denied claims approved for surgeons, according to a company press release.
National Pain Institute in Vero Beach, Fla., announced it now provides 10 therapies for patients with back and neck pain, headaches and fibromyalgia.
Missouri's Hospital Association spoke to Chesterfield's city council this week and said it opposes a measure to allow 3-day post-operative stays in an orthopedic surgeon's office, according to Patch.com.
Thomas Hunt, MD, a hand and wrist surgeon, has been named chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, according to a press release.
Here is a list of 19 spine groups and surgeons that have founded research institutes.
Healthcare spending is one of the biggest issues in the country today as national healthcare expenditures grew 3.9 percent in 2011 to a total of $2.7 trillion. Two articles in the August 2012 New England Journal of Medicine try to…
Carmina Angeles, MD, is a surgeon on The NeuroSpine Institute in Eugene, Ore. She has a professional interest in minimally invasive procedures for treating common spinal conditions, including degenerative diseases and stenosis. She is trained to perform cervical disc arthroplasty…