Here are nine recent mergers, acquisitions and partnership agreements that took place among spine and orthopedic companies.
Spinal Tech
Ronda E. Stryker, director at Stryker, sold 12,000 shares of the company's stock in a recent transaction, according to a Daily Political report.
Medtronic's OsteoCool RF Ablation System is designed to decrease pain associated with metastatic spinal tumor treatment, according to HospiMedica.com.
Various trends are pushing down medical device prices and forcing technology companies to alter their business strategies, according to StarTribune.
The cervical total disc replacement device market reached $489.7 million in 2015, based on a Persistence report, according to medGadget.
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Smith & Nephew insider Julie Brown sold 11,789 shares of the company's stock, according to Daily Political.
Some of Zimmer Biomet's shareholders affiliated with Blackstone and Goldman Zachs plan to offer more than 11 million common stock shares for sale, according to The Journal Gazette.
The FDA has tentatively scheduled a meeting of the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel to review Cartiva's premarket approval application for its Cartiva Synthetic Cartilage Implant.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will conduct a national, multi-center study on Israel-based ReWalk Robotics' exoskeleton systems, according to Med Device Online.
Australia's orthopedic large joint replacement devices market is trending toward patient-specific implants, with an emphasis on women, according to Reportbuyer.