Synthes, a Swiss spine device company currently in the middle of being acquired by Johnson & Johnson, recently filed suit against three former sales representatives and Stryker for breaching company loyalty, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer news report.
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Symmetry Medical, a Warsaw, Ind.-based orthopedic device company, recently closed on its acquisition of the surgical implants business Codman & Shurtleff, according to a Symmetry news release.
James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., recently performed knee surgery on Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, according to a Minneapolis Star report.
Allen Schlein, MD, a Connecticut-based orthopedic surgeon, was recently awarded more than $2 million from Orthopedic Systems for lost royalties on a device for shoulder surgery, according to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Five pain management physicians discuss what technology or practice management tool will be essential for practices to adopt in 2012.
Last week, the FDA announced a new Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for transmucosal fentanyl products that places the same regulations on BioDelivery Sciences International's Pain Relief Patch Onsolis as on other similar drugs, according to a news release.
The Institute of Medicine report, "Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Treatment and Research," outlines guidelines for data collection, medical education and inclusiveness in the field of pain management and will start being implemented this year, according…
Physicians at Advanced Pain Management in Greenfield, Wis., say maintaining proper weight and a basic level of fitness is essential to protecting the spine and joints from excessive strain as well as preventing chronic painful conditions, according to a news…
The success of accountable care organizations may not depend so much on their structure but whether the model can compel and equip healthcare providers to improve their performance, according to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Low reimbursement, low volume, increasing physician employment, increasing regulatory requirements, increasing staff shortages, increasing market saturation: These are only a few of the issues affecting ambulatory surgery centers at the moment. While ASCs are still able to provide high-quality care…