Little Rock, Ark.-based Bowen-Hefley Orthopedics' William Hefley, MD, completed the first total hip arthroplasty procedure using Exactech's Alteon Cup and XLE Liner.
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Two Osiris Therapeutics shareholders brought a class-action lawsuit against Osiris in an attempt to block the company's pending $660 million merger with Smith & Nephew.
Rob Fletcher was named Stryker's vice president and chief legal officer, replacing Mike Hutchinson, who will become an adviser to the CEO.
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Vertebral Technologies’ InterFuse lateral system reduced neurologic injury from lateral spine surgery in a clinical study conducted by Reginald Knight, MD.
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Orthofix allegedly persuaded employees to break their contracts with DePuy Synthes, damaging the latter's ability to conduct business in Texas and Alabama, according to a lawsuit filed Feb. 14.
Tempe-based Arizona State University and Phoenix-based Barrow Neurological Institute partnered to create The Barrow-ASU Initiative for Innovation in Neuro-Engineering.
The FDA awarded SpineEX's Sagittae Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion System an additional 510(k) clearance to allow for full-scale commercialization.
The FDA issued a warning related to Medtronic cardiac devices, citing potential cybersecurity threats.
On March 19, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., penned a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma and Inspector General Daniel Levinson addressing concerns with physician-owned distributorships adhering…