Category — Medical Devices

We are manufacturing expandable spinal PEEK cages (Cervical and Lumbar TLIF) that are unique to the spine market. Our patented products stand out from other products as they are designed to simplify spinal surgery and facilitate treatment of difficult indications.

Our implants are very effective at retaining or expanding a existing clinician base. In addition, we can provide direct surgeon-to-surgeon support for Workshops, for the launch phase or for seminars.

If you would like to know more about our products and our company, please visit our web site at:

http://www.smartspine.fr/

We are actively looking to expand our Worldwide network of distributors (outside of USA). If you are interested, please contact:

Stephane Morvan, Sales & Marketing Director
info@smartspine.fr
Mobile Phone: +33 6 59 31 98 88

Advanced Medical Optics , spun off from Allergan, Inc. in 2002, has just been acquired by Abbott.

Advanced Medical Optics (AMO), specialized in corneal, refractive and cataract products, competes with industry ophthalmic heavy weights, Alcon, Bausch and Lomb and Carl Zeiss Meditec.

John Capec, EVP Abbott said:

“With AMO, Abbott will immediately become a global leader in vision,” said John M. Capek, executive vice president, Medical Devices, Abbott. “The business is poised for long-term growth, driven by advances in refractive surgery technologies, including LASIK, and an aging global population.”

Makes sense with one possible caveat - ophthalmology requires focus and the most successful companies have been largely independent. This changes with the Abbott acquisition, but also comes short on the heels of the new majority shareholding by Novartis in Alcon…

We will see.

This conference, supported by industry opinion leaders and exhibitors will take place in Paris January 21, 22, 2009.

The event provides a unique opportunity to not only update on state of the art scientific developments but also to do business with like minded people in the drug packaging and drug delivery business.

The location is LA GRANDE HALLE DE LA VILLETTE - HALL Charlie Parker.

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Bruno Cocheteux is a Managing Partner at Sibaya LifeScience!

Cardinal Health, citing reduced demand for equipment capital budgets in hospitals, has reduced their earnings outlook for 2009.

David Schlotterbeck, CEO of Clinical and Medical Products said, “With the delay in hospital capital spending, we expect softness in our capital equipment sales to continue in the second half of the fiscal year. It is important to note that more than 40 percent of our Clinical and Medical Products business comes from the sale of disposable products and remains stable. There are also segments of our capital equipment business less affected, and therefore we expect Clinical and Medical Products segment results for the fiscal year to be flat or better than last fiscal year.”

Cardinal Press Release:

Stock is expected to trade down when the market opens.

Press Release:

08 Jan. 2009 (Brussels, Belgium) With complementary missions to improve the delivery of healthcare with the best use of health IT and management systems, the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) have agreed to coordinate their efforts on education, public policy and market access in Europe. COCIR, which has been a member of the organising committee of the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition since its launch in 2006, will also bring its support to HIMSS educational efforts in the Middle East at the first HIMSS Middle East conference to be held in Manama, Bahrain on 5-7 May 2009.
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The rapidly growing healthcare sector in India, while remaining buoyant is expected to slow as a result of less capital being available to fund new investments in facilities. Discretionary medical procedures and some drug prescriptions are likely to be postponed or eliminated.

There is a general tightening on spending with travel budgets being cut across the board from hospital and healthcare facilities to medical device manufacturers like Beckman Coulter and BD.

Informative write-up at Express Healthcare.