28 July 2011
Boston Scientific has continued to grow during its second fiscal quarter, helping to allay concerns sparked by CEO Ray Elliott's planned departure. He announced in May that he intends to retire at the end of the year, fuelling fears that the ...
14 July 2011
Stryker will no longer distribute Corin’s Cormet metal-on-metal resurfacing hip system in the US, after the orthopaedics firms terminated a partnership dating back to 2005. Cirencester, UK-based Corin, which said the decision “was made in line with ...
23 June 2011
In a sobering review of UK hip fracture care, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidelines that seek to ensure that patients are operated on the same day of admission or the following day. Citing evidence ...
01 March 2011
Medtronic has terminated five contracts with Novation, the largest US healthcare group purchasing organisation (GPO). The contracts cover cardiovascular and orthopaedic products and are worth around $2bn in annual purchases.
GPOs act as "middlemen", ...
22 February 2011
Smith & Nephew has launched its Short Modular Femoral (SMF) Hip system, a modular total hip replacement stem system for patients with osteoarthritis. Made from cobalt chromium, the SMF Hip is 20% shorter than conventional hip stems and allows the ...
