Here are updates from the past week on five orthopedic and spine device company stock reports.
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Around 20 years ago, Medicrea launched as an orthopedic device company. In 2006, the company went public and began investing in research and development focusing on new technologies to improve standard spinal products.
Most physicians would breach patient confidentiality if they knew that a patient's health status could harm others, according to the Medscape Ethics Report 2014, Part 2: Money, Romance and Patients.
The Food and Drug Administration published draft guidance for the minimal manipulation of human cells tissues and cellular and tissue-based products, and now device companies are making comments.
A new study published in The Spine Journal examines whether cervical spine clearance protocols in California are effective at trauma centers.
Is the freehand lateral mass screw fixation in the subaxial cervical spine safe?
A study recently published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines arthroscopic repair for anterosuperior rotator cuff tears, comparing the incontinuity technique and the subscapularis-supraspinatus tear margin disruption.
Kris Stowers, MD, a sports medicine physician for Florida State University, was injured in a collision earlier this year while covering an FSU football game, and he's now recovering from his injuries, according to a Tallahassee Democrat report.
Fond du Lac, Wis.-based Agnesian HealthCare added Stuart Wertheimer, DPM, according to a report by the FDL Reporter.
Ocean Medical Center in Brick, N.J., earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for its hip and knee joint replacement program once again.