Stryker (NYSE:SYK) yesterday leveled another lawsuit accusing Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) of poaching Stryker’s roster of sales reps, this time in Texas. Stryker in 2013 sued a pair of former sales agents, accusing them of scheming to poach reps and business from Stryker in Louisiana and New York (that case is headed to a federal appeals court, after a […]
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PolyPid touts early data for BonyPid-1000 antibiotic-eluting bone substitute
PolyPid touted interim data today from the 1st group of patients to reach the 6-month follow-up period in the clinical trial of its BonyPid-1000 doxycycline-eluting synthetic bone substitute. The Israel-based company’s clinical trial enrolled 64 patients with open tibia fractures. In this type of fracture, the bone is severely damaged and exposed, leaving it vulnerable […]
VertiFlex closes $40m round to support expanded Superion commercialization
VertiFlex said today it closed a $40 million round of financing to support its Superion indirect decompression system designed to treat moderate lumbar spinal stenosis. The round was led by newly invested Endeavour Vision and H.I.G. BioHealth Partners, and was joined by existing investors New Enterprise Associates, Thomas, McNerney & Parnters and Alta Partners. “Vertiflex […]
Misonix inks Chinese distro deal for BoneScalpel with Weigao Orthopedic
Misonix (NSDQ:MSON) said today it inked an exclusive distribution agreement with Shandong Weigao Orthopedic Device Company. Through the deal, Weigao Orthopedic will gain the rights to sell, market and distribute Farmingdale, N.Y.-based Misonix’s BoneScalpel in China, Hong Kong and Macau for an initial period of 5-years. “We are pleased to enter into this distribution agreement with […]
NovoSource heads to bankruptcy auction
Orthopedic developer NovoSource said this week it will be liquidating its corporate assets through a court-ordered auction some time in late spring. The Dayton, Ohio-based medical device maker’s primary products were the NovoKnee total knee system and the NovoHip total hip system. NovoSource offers a posterior stabilized option for its NovoKnee femoral components, as well […]
Vertos Medical wins CMS reimbursement for Mild procedure
Vertos Medical said today it won national coverage for its Mild procedure designed to treat lumbar spinal stenosis from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Mild procedure won coverage through a recently approved study as part of CMS’ Coverage with Evidence Development Program, the Aliso Viejo, Calif.-cased company said. Access to the procedure […]
Turns out knee surgery can hold even in heavier patients
It turns out that an increased body mass index is actually a poor predictor of whether a common type of knee surgery, meniscal repair, will fail, according to new research out of Ohio State University. The results matter because experts assumed that BMI mattered when it came to the roughly 15% of meniscal repairs that […]
InGeneron raises $20m in Series D for regenerative stem cell therapies
InGeneron said today that healthcare provider Sanford Health invested $20 million in the company’s Series D financing round. The Houston, Texas.-based company said the funding will be used to support the clinical programs for its stem cell injections in patients with rotator cuff and venous ulcer tears. “This significant investment demonstrates Sanford’s commitment to be […]
Heraeus levels $129m lawsuit in Germany against Zimmer Biomet
Heraeus Kulzer filed another lawsuit against Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) over bone cement trade secrets Biomet allegedly stole from the German dental company, according to a regulatory filing. Hanau, Germany-based Heraeus sued Biomet back in 2008, alleging that Biomet misappropriated trade secrets when developing its Refobacin and Biomet bone cements. In June 2014, a German appeals court enjoined Biomet […]
Analyst: Uptake for robotic knee procedures will depend more on marketing than evidence
The adoption of robot-assisted total knee replacements will depend more on marketing that data or outcomes, Leerink Partners analysts wrote yesterday, as the leading contenders prepare to unveil their robotic total knee systems at an upcoming orthopedics conference. Based on a conference call with a pair of orthopedic surgeons who each perform roughly 200 knee […]
Zimmer Biomet damages in knee case cut to $22m
A Pennsylvania state court late last year cut the damages owed by Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) in a knee implant lawsuit to $21.5 million after a Keystone State appeals court called the verdict “excessive.” The lawsuit filed by Margo Polett claimed that she re-injured her knees while making a Zimmer promotional video, after a double knee replacement procedure […]