Greatbatch Acquiring Lake Region Medical
Greatbatch entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lake Region Medical for ~US $1.73BB in cash and stock, creating a...
Aug 27 2015,
How NuVasive Went from Additive Concept to Commercialization in 14 Months
CoorsTek Medical Expands Medical-Grade Ceramic Production Capacity
CoorsTek Medical announced a 5-year, multi-million dollar capital investment program to support growing demand for ceramic hip replacement components and...
Aug 21 2015,
Oberg Breaks Ground on Expansion Project
Oberg opened construction on a multi-function manufacturing facility expansion at its Sarver, Pennsylvania location. The >80 square foot facility is...
Aug 14 2015,
OEMs Weigh in on Managing Supplier Quality
OEMs tackled the topic of supplier quality during a panel discussion, including supplier approval, development and priorities....
Aug 12 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,
CMS Targets Hip and Knee Reimbursement
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a bundled payments program to accelerate value-based care that, once...
Aug 11 2015,
Master Your Sterilization Process
At OMTEC® 2015, Jozef Mastej, Vice President of Operations, Gibraltar Laboratories, Inc. outlined the cleaning and sterilization validation process for...
Aug 11 2015,
Smith & Nephew’s Syncera Focuses on Organization of OR Instruments
Smith & Nephew’s Syncera business unit acquired two assets from S2 Interactive, a surgical software development company, to offer customers...
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,
ISO 9001 Drastically Revised
The ISO 9001:2015 standard is a major revision that will require significant time and resources to determine the best way...
Aug 11 2015,
The Dos and Don’ts of Trademark Registration
The investment of time and money to obtain trademarks may take a significant hit if the respective trademarks are not...
Aug 10 2015,
Lowell, Inc. Appoints New Quality Assurance/CI Leader
Udaya Joshi MS, MBA, CSSBB has joined Lowell as Quality Assurance/CI Leader, bringing extensive experience in Quality, Project Management, Compliance...
Aug 07 2015,
Boston Centerless Opens Distribution Center in Cleveland
Boston Centerless opened a new distribution center in Cleveland, Ohio, stocking materials utilized for CNC Swiss screw machining both off...
Aug 05 2015,
Orchid Design Selected to Participate in FDA’s Submission Tracker Pilot Program
FDA selected Orchid Design to be the sole regulatory consulting firm to participate in its 510(k) submission tracking initiative....
Aug 04 2015,