In Brief: Sofamor Danek
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Sofamor Danek: Company expands presence in the European spine surgery market by inking a definitive agreement to acquire certain net assets of Deggendorf, Germany based MAN Ceramics GmbH, a manufacturer of carbon fiber interbody fusion devices. The single filament carbon fiber technology is transparent in most types of imaging modalities and has "a modulus of elasticity closer to bone than titanium," Sofamor Danek says. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, is slated to be completed in early January...