Finsbury's Last Stand

One of the most innovative and creative orthopedic implant designers, the UK's Finsbury's Orthopedics never quite built the sales and distribution capability to enable it to capture the full value of its designs. The company's recent sale to DePuy underscores how much the orthopedics industry has changed since its earliest days.

by David Cassak

In many respects, the orthopedics industry, and in particular the joint replacement part of it, seems like a profoundly conservative industry. Success rates for existing devices are extremely high, leaving...

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