The European market for spine surgery devices is expected to reach $2.99 billion by 2019, according to a report by the Europe Spine Surgery Devices Market.
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Here are 15 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies from the past week.
Ortho Sales Partners, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based consulting firm that assists orthopedic and spine implant manufacturers to commercialize their products, has hired Tony Passalacqua as their vice president of sales operations and supply chain.
The global implantable medical devices market will likely grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.4 percent through 2025, according to a Research and Markets report.
Vexim SA has hired Russell Powers as vice president and general manager. The French company has an office in Alpharetta, Ga., and has high hopes for 2017 and beyond.
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Johnson & Johnson's orthopedics business reported $2.3 billion sales in the fourth quarter of 2016 and $9.3 billion for the full year.
Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based OrthAlign looks to promote the increasingly-popular transition from posterior to direct anterior approach in hip surgeries.
The FDA cleared Raynham, Mass.-based DePuy Synthes for its VIPER and EXPEDIUM Fenestrated Screw Systems.
Dallas-based Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics earned FDA clearance for its GEO Bone Screw System.
InVivo Therapeutics of Cambridge, Mass., has announced the improving condition of a spinal cord injury-affected patient enrolled in the INSPIRE study of the Neuro Spinal Scaffold.