SmartTRAK was cited once again as a trusted source for data in a press release from Smith & Nephew entitled "Smith & Nephew meniscal knee repair technology delivers 0% re-operation rate and 100% meniscal healing at six months shows first ever study of horizontal cleavage tears".

The top Sports Medicine competitors are making moves

The consolidation within the Sports Medicine market over the past four years has allowed several of the top players to build upon their growing portfolio and make moves within the market.  While Arthrex continues to lead with innovation, Smith and Nephew is focused on the healing capabilities within its shoulder portfolio.  New-ish CEO Namal Nawana has set the tone of acquisitions across all of SNN’s franchises to enhance SNN’s portfolio and fill gaps in their bag. Stryker is reaping the benefits of their acquisitions and becoming a viable competitor in the hip arthroscopy market.  Zimmer Biomet and CONMED appear to be making a comeback in the Sports market with strong leadership, consistency and a launch into new areas of Sports Medicine...

Among the many topics covered in the Q418/FY18 Soft Tissue FixationMarket Recap are:

Well-rounded portfolios leading to strong Q318 for Soft Tissue Fixation

SmartTRAK reports that the continued rounding out of portfolios is leading to some commoditization in the market, but also allowing companies to capitalize on the strength of their sales forces in new portions of the Sports Medicine Market. High single and double-digit growth reported...

Among the many topics covered in the Q318 Soft Tissue Fixation Market Recap are:

SmartTRAK was excited to attend the 2018 Orthopaedic Summit (OSET), on December 5-8 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. And, our very own Kristina Meyer, Senior Analyst, Sports Medicine, landed on the front of the OSET banners. We always knew Kristina was a pretty big deal!  Thanks OSET for the coverage.

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: 

Pricing pressure and commoditization slows Soft Tissue Fixation Market but 2017 still finishes strong

SmartTRAK, the leading source of competitive life sciences intelligence used by the top ten global orthopedic & wound care companies, has published its 2017 US Soft Tissue Market Recap and Financial Dashboard.

Among the many topics covered in the Q417/FY17 Soft Tissue Fixation Market Recap are:

Taking on the orthopedic soft-tissue repair market with a novel, zip-tie inspired platform for knotless tissue repair and attachment

With the zip tie as inspiration, Sarasota, FL-based start-up Ziptek, LLC hopes to revolutionize the soft-tissue repair industry with a novel, self-locking, resorbable suture button for soft-tissue repair designed to facilitate natural tissue regeneration, strengthen the repair, and provide an alternative to knotless anchor devices in the US market for orthopedic soft tissue fixation, which is projected to reach over $1.8B by 2021E. 

Q317 Soft Tissue Fixation Market: Flat Growth vs Q217

The Soft Tissue Fixation Market saw flat QoQ growth in Q317, as a mix of supply chain issues, increasing competition, specialized sales forces and seasonality caused the major players to take one step forward and one step backward during the quarter.

By Kristina Meyer, Sr Analyst, Sports Medicine

Although soft tissue fixation growth in the US was up YoY, growth was nearly flat as compared with Q217. In a specialty where many surgeries are elective, seasonality plays a part. Case volumes often dip during summer months as both surgeons and patients take vacations. In contrast, case volumes typically rebound heavily in Q4 as deductibles renew the first of each year. Most of the major players in the soft tissue fixation market, including  Arthrex,  Smith & Nephew  (SNN),  Zimmer Biomet  (ZBH) and CONMED Linvatec (CNMD) took one step forward in Q317 and one step back.