From product launches to research initiatives, here are six key updates since Jan. 1 to know in the regenerative medicine industry:
1. Bone Solutions, an orthopedic devicemaker, launched the Mg Osteoinject bone void filler.
2. Timothy Scannell, former president and COO at Stryker, was added to the board of directors at Collagen Matrix.
3. The California Institute of Regenerative Medicine has provided a $1.3 million grant to Kevin Stone, MD, chair of the Stone Research Foundation, and Mani Vessal, PhD, senior director of research and operation for the foundation, to advance a paste graft technique for cartilage repair.
4. The global orthobiologics market is expected to grow to nearly $8 billion by 2016, according to projections from Transparency Market Research.
5. Theradaptive's OsteoAdapt SP spinal implant received FDA breakthrough designation for posterolateral spinal fusion.
6. Orthofix's Opus BA bioactive strip was fully launched for cervical and lumbar spinal fusion.