The orthopedic biomaterials market represented $5.8 billion worldwide and is projected to experienced double digit annual growth through 2016. Growth factor-based graft substitutes, such as recombinant bone morphogenic proteins, and cell-based bone graft substitutes, such as those containing mesenchymal stem cells, have been the fastest-growing areas over the past few years.
As the field has become more competitive, bigger companies such as Stryker, Johnson and Johnson, Wright Medical and Zimmer Holdings have become interested in the orthopedic biomaterials market.
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