John Tierney, DO, used Anika Therapeutics' injectable hyaluronic acid-based bone repair product in a patient.
What you should know:
1. Anika designed the product to treat bone voids and other bone defects caused by trauma or age-related degeneration.
2. Dr. Tierney, an orthopedic surgeon at Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital, spoke highly of the therapy, praising its ease of use.
3. Anika designed the therapy to meet the needs of the 900,000 people who have bone voids or bone defects of the knee.
4. Anika will launch the therapy commercially in September.