WARSAW, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Biomet, Inc. announced today financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2010. Reconstructive sales increased 1% (3% constant currency) worldwide and increased 3% in the U.S. Knee sales increased 2% (3% constant currency) worldwide, with U.S. growth of 3% Extremity sales grew 21% (23% constant currency) worldwide and increased at [...]
AUDUBON, Pa., Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Globus Medical, Inc., the largest privately held spinal implant manufacturer in the world, today announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Facet Solutions, Inc. of Hopkinton, Mass. The terms of the acquisition are undisclosed. Facet Solutions Inc., a leader in the development of total [...]
Korean Court System Finds Taeyeon Kyphoplasty Device Infringes a Medtronic Kyphoplasty Patent Court Orders Destruction of Taeyeon Medical Co., Ltd. Kyphoplasty Product Stock and Manufacturing Equipment SEOUL, South Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Medtronic, Inc. announced today that the High Court in Seoul, Korea has found that the balloon kyphoplasty device made by Taeyeon Medical Co., Ltd. infringes a [...]
Zimmer adds established manufacturing capabilities and a range of SoPlus products to portfolio WARSAW, Ind., Dec. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH), a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today announced it has acquired Sodem Diffusion S.A., the manufacturer of SoPlus Orthopaedic Surgical Power Tools based in Geneva, Switzerland. The company [...]
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Is it time to update your social media policy?
By Karen M. Cheung With the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) this week releasing new guidelines for physicians on this particular topic, FierceHealthcare is dedicating this week’s commentary to a round-up of the best practices to help hospitals draw on other policies to see what fits at their institutions.
How to maintain physician professionalism in social media
by MARK RYAN, MD Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it. – Bertolt Brecht
The ethics of social media use for the medical profession
by Emily Lu At the end of the day, I do not see social media as an end to itself.
