U.S. Court rules in Merck's favor in Flemings case involving FOSAMAX
Merck said today that U.S. District Court Judge John F. Keenan granted summary judgment in Merck's favor in Flemings v. Merck. Flemings is the second of three cases involving FOSAMAX (alendronate...
View ArticleMinimally invasive spine surgery poised for rapid growth
Minimally invasive techniques have become standard for many procedures, from the removal of the gallbladder to angioplasty, but the approach is now only beginning to be available to patients with...
View ArticleMerck challenges New York jury decision in federal FOSAMAX retrial
Merck & Co., Inc. today said it is challenging the decision returned by a New York jury in the retrial of a federal FOSAMAX case, Boles v. Merck. This case was the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee's...
View ArticleMerck to appeal against jury verdict in retrial of federal FOSAMAX case
Merck & Co., Inc. today said it will appeal a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that reduced the jury verdict from $8 million to $1.5 million but denied...
View ArticleNew data on Merck’s odanacatib for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women...
New data on odanacatib, an investigational cathepsin-K (Cat-K) inhibitor in development for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, were presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the...
View ArticleMerck wins third FOSAMAX bellwether trial
Merck & Co., Inc. today said a federal court jury in New York found in its favor in the Graves v. Merck case, rejecting the claims of a Florida woman who blamed her dental and jaw related problems...
View ArticleState court jury rules in favor of Merck in FOSAMAX trial
Merck & Co., Inc. today said a state court jury in New Jersey found in its favor in the Rosenberg v. Merck case, rejecting the claims of a woman who blamed her dental and jaw related problems on...
View ArticleVP, balloon kyphoplasty safe and effective for women with vertebral fractures
A working group of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has issued a literature review of prospective controlled studies comparing the efficacy and safety of two minimally invasive...
View ArticleCelgene to initiate apremilast Phase III placebo-controlled trial for...
Celgene International Sàrl, a subsidiary of Celgene Corporation, today announced data from a Phase II study of apremilast, its investigational oral immunomodulatory compound, in patients with...
View ArticlePhysician-researchers develop anatomically-based classification for detecting...
Physician-researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have developed a new, clinically meaningful scale of severity for diagnosing patients with cervical spinal stenosis.
View ArticleResearchers treat osteogeneis imperfecta babies in utero by injecting...
Osteogeneis imperfecta (OI) is a congenital bone disease that causes stunted growth and repeated, painful fracturing. Ultrasound scans can reveal fractures already in the fetus, and now an...
View ArticleNew approach can improve patient outcomes, reduce complications in complex...
A new team approach has improved safety-reducing rates of major complications by two thirds-for complex spinal reconstructive surgery for spinal deformity in adult Group Health patients at Virginia...
View ArticleConcise analysis of robotics and surgical navigation systems in the U.S. market
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: U.S. Market for Surgical Navigation Systems and Robotics
View ArticleMerck challenges New York jury decision in federal FOSAMAX retrial
Merck & Co., Inc. today said it is challenging the decision returned by a New York jury in the retrial of a federal FOSAMAX case, Boles v. Merck. This case was the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee's...
View ArticleSt. Mary's Medical Center adds Mazor Renaissance robot-assisted system to...
Dignity Health St. Mary's Medical Center has added the Mazor Robotics Renaissance computer-generated guidance system to its multidisciplinary Spine Center. St. Mary's is the only hospital in the Bay...
View ArticleWomen with 'female athlete triad' at greater risk of bone stress injuries
Participation in sports by women and girls has increased from 310,000 individuals in 1971 to 3.37 million in 2010. At the same time, sports-related injuries among female athletes have skyrocketed.
View ArticleACR releases new recommendations for treatment of AS and non-radiographic...
The American College of Rheumatology has released new recommendations for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SpA).
View ArticleBack pain becoming more common in children and adolescents
According to a new literature review in the January issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, it's becoming more common for children and adolescents to seek medical care for...
View ArticleResearchers quantify impact of hyperkyphosis on decline in pulmonary function
Researchers from the Harvard affiliated Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, have published a recent article in Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, suggesting that preventing or...
View ArticlePJK risk following lumbar spinal fusion depends on level of spine fused,...
The surgical correction of adult spinal deformities often involves realigning the lower portion of the spine, or the 'lumbar' spine.
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