Julie A. Vetalice, Author at ORTHOWORLD

OrthoPediatrics Launches PediLoc Infant Locking Proximal Femur Plate

OrthoPediatrics launched the PediLoc® Infant Locking Proximal Femur Plating System to treat pediatric hip deformity or trauma. The infant-sized plates round out the company’s PediLock portfolio to address stages from infant, child to adolescent.

Jun 28, 2016

Zimmer Biomet Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Oxford® Partial Knee System

Joint Replacement ORTHOFLASH

Zimmer Biomet announced the 40th anniversary of the Oxford® Partial Knee, reportedly the most widely used and clinically proven partial knee replacement in the world.

Jun 28, 2016

Safe Orthopaedics Expands into Latin America

ORTHOFLASH Spine

Safe Orthopaedics announced its expansion into Latin America under distribution agreements covering Chile and Mexico.

Jun 27, 2016

Cytori Cell Therapy Receives Limited Approval in Japan

Orthobiologics ORTHOFLASH

Cytori Therapeutics announced approval for Cytori Cell Therapy™ under the Japanese Act on the Safety of Regenerative Medicine.

Jun 27, 2016

Carmell Awarded U.S. Patent for Plasma-based Materials in Drug Delivery

Orthobiologics ORTHOFLASH

Carmell Therapeutics received U.S. Patent No. 9,364,503, broadly covering the use of plasma-based materials to deliver drugs and proteins to an injured site.

Jun 24, 2016

Centric Medical Gains FDA 510(k) Clearance of Subtalar Arthroereisis Implant

ORTHOFLASH Trauma

Centric Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance to market the Subtalar Arthroereisis Implant. Limited release will occur at the end of 2016, with full launch following in 1Q17.

Jun 24, 2016

1H16 M&A Recap: Big Players Make Moves

Competitive Landscape Mergers & Acquisitions

During 1H16, seven of the eight largest orthopaedic device companies confirmed or completed acquisitions or divestitures spanning nearly every orthopaedic market segment. Here we present a full list of M&A transactions from the first half of the year.

Jun 24, 2016

1H16 Funding Recap: Spine Remains Dominant Market for Investments

Investments The Numbers

ORTHOWORLD reported 18 funding announcements in 1H16, compared to 23 in 1H15. Similar to recent years, the spine market was the largest target for funding.

Jun 24, 2016