SmartTRAK, the leading source of competitive life sciences intelligence used by the top ten global orthopedic & wound care companies, has published its Q118 Soft Tissue Fixation Market Recap.

Seasonality slowed Soft Tissue Fixation market growth, but the addition of biologics to RC repair implants makes the future promising. The US soft tissue fixation market continued to grow at 3.3% YoY...

Among the many topics covered in the full Q118 Soft Tissue Fixation Market Recap are: 

SmartTRAK, the leading source of competitive life sciences intelligence used by the top ten global orthopedic & wound care companies, has published its Q118 Advanced Wound Care Market Recap.

SmartTRAK, the leading source of competitive life sciences intelligence used by the top ten global orthopedic & wound care companies, has published its Q118 OrthoBio Market Recap.

Up 3.4% YoY, the OrthoBio market is off to a good start. Companies that are surpassing growth expectations tend to have differentiated products, focused efforts and incremental pull through from synergistic sales strategies. Market subtleties like reimbursement, pricing pressures and market loss due to newer competition continue to afflict some companies and segments...

Among the many topics covered in the full Q118 OrthoBio Market Recap are: 

In May 2017, Nevro CEO Rami Elghandour chatted with Anne Staylor, BioMedGPS Managing Editor/Neuro Analyst to discuss dynamics in the global spinal cord stimulation (SCS) market, including trends, drivers, challenges, competition, and opportunity that would influence the Company’s growth. 

A fascinating read then, that now has us appraising a year later if Elghandour's expansion predictions came to pass. Is Nevro still the one to beat as the top leader in the neuromodulation field?

 or read the interview in full below!

SmartTRAK, the leading source of competitive life sciences intelligence used by the top ten global orthopedic & wound care companies, has published its Q118 Spine Market Recap.

While we saw a slight upturn in the market in Q4, the beginning of 2018 has again revealed the Spine market’s true colors – with a slight decline in the overall market and notable pricing pressures. With -1.9% YoY growth, Stryker’s US Spine revenues were challenged by market softness as well as low-double digit (~10%) price declines across core product lines. K2M management reported ...

Among the many topics covered in the Q118 Spine Market Recap are:

SmartTRAK, the leading source of competitive life sciences intelligence used by the top ten global orthopedic & wound care companies, has published its Q118 Hemostats and Sealants Market Recap.

SmartTRAK, the leading source of competitive life sciences intelligence used by the top ten global orthopedic & wound care companies, has published its Q118 Trauma Market Recap.

SmartTRAK, the leading source of competitive life sciences intelligence used by the top ten global orthopedic & wound care companies, has published its Q118 US Surgical Matrices Market Recap.

Medtronic’s Stacey Pugh discusses the Company’s new Riptide Aspiration System, new products in development, and growth strategies for the neurovascular business in a podcast interview with SmartTRAK at the International Stroke Conference (ISC) 2018 held Jan. 24-26, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA.

Anne Staylor here with BioMedGPS. We're at the International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles, and today I'm talking with Stacey Pugh of Medtronic Neurovascular. Hi Stacey, thanks for joining me.

In the market for stroke devices, Europe seems to be the proving ground for next generation devices, and several companies with novel technologies are emerging from Europe that could potentially reach the US market in the next several years. One European company taking aim at the US market is Bochum, Germany-based phenox GmbH.