Amedica and Medline Industries entered into a strategic business alliance to align Amedica's spinal surgical device business with Medline's medical and surgical products network.

MAKO Surgical reported total revenue of $19.6 million during the first quarter of 2012, a 51 percent increase over the same period last year, but it didn't meet the company's goal to stay on target for full year results.

The Food and Drug Administration granted 33 orthopedic- and spine-related device clearances in April.

Symmetry Medical reported a 39 percent loss in net income over the first quarter of 2012.

Royal DSM, a global life sciences and materials sciences company, has acquired biomedical company Kensey Nash for $360 million.

Smith & Nephew reported $1 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2012, a 3 percent increase over the same period last year.

Wright Medical Group reported a 6 percent decrease in first quarter net sales to $126.7 million, driven by previously announced distributor transitions and challenges associated with the company's compliance processes.

Stryker has co-founded a coalition of 17 healthcare suppliers with Practice Greenhealth to promote environmentally-friendly preferable healthcare products.

St. Helena (Calif.) Hospital has opened the Surgical Learning Institute, Napa Valley, and its first program was held last month to instruct surgeons on the MAKOplasty robotic technology for orthopedic procedures.

RTI Biologics reported $43.7 million in first quarter revenues, an 8 percent increase over the same period in 2011.