What the Future of Orthopaedics Means for You
To thrive in the healthcare environment of tomorrow, device companies will need to operate within a greater portion of the...
Jun 23 2016,
Market Forces
Applying Supply Chain Best Practices From Other Industries
OEMs are now more willing to leverage best practices and solutions from other industries. Those sources of inspiration are as...
May 09 2016,
AAOS Conversations Center on CJR and Future of Bundled Payments
The upcoming launch of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program fueled Annual Meeting conversations regarding the best response by...
Mar 23 2016,
Supply, Cost and Quality Lead Concerns among Raw Materials Providers
Supply and demand factors, price pressures and enhanced regulatory scrutiny are expected to influence the raw materials portion of the...
Mar 22 2016,
Sports Medicine Surgeon Embraces Push for Value in Industry
Brett Sanders, M.D., created Tensor Surgical in 2012, a value-based sports medicine company. The focus of the company is to...
Mar 07 2016,
Companies Expected to Invest Device Tax Benefit in R&D
Even if it’s small, research and development budgets are expected to get a boost in 2016 and 2017 as companies...
Mar 04 2016,
Handling Disruption: The Need for Proprietary Business Models
The economic and regulatory environment for medical devices is changing. OMTEC Keynote Speaker Bill Tribe, Partner at consulting firm AT...
Feb 09 2016,
Identifiable and Sterile: Trends Driving Device Packaging
Unique Device Identification (UDI) and sterilization could be driving influences for the orthopaedic device packaging industry in 2016 and beyond....
Feb 08 2016,
Zoning In with Orthopaedic Surgeon Entrepreneurs
BONEZONE looked back on some of the orthopaedic surgeon interviews conducted throughout the year to see what they had to...
Dec 02 2015,
A Look into Trauma Trends: Surgeon and Industry Perspective
According to surgeons and industry interviewed by BONEZONE, trends in trauma center on the rise in hip fractures, challenges of...
Dec 02 2015,
Brazil Remains Among Top Ten Markets, Despite Economic Downturn
Claiming the 7th largest economy in the world and the largest in South America, Brazil is a force in the...
Oct 01 2015,
International and Domestic Manufacturers Compete to Serve Growing Asian Population
Orthopaedics remains an attractive and growing market, especially in Asia. Multiple factors contribute to the growth of the orthopaedic market...
Oct 01 2015,
Executives Warn of Paradigm Shift in R&D Spend
The keynote addresses at OMTEC 2015 highlighted the bottleneck between product development and product adoption....
Aug 11 2015,
Demand to Reduce Consigned Inventory Leading to Instrumental Changes in OR
Device manufacturers increasingly seek to streamline their instrument inventories, due to top down demands for simpler, more cost-effective solutions. These...
Aug 11 2015,
New Factors Challenge Traditional Testing Requirements
For orthopaedic device manufacturers, new concerns are cropping up during the device testing process due to regulatory changes and the...
Aug 11 2015,