Australia approves Stryker's OP-1 implant
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Australia has become the first country to approve for sale Stryker's OP-1 implant for inducing bone formation. The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration has given the Cambridge, Massachusetts firm the green light to market the implant as a treatment for nonunion of long bone fractures secondary to trauma for the purposes of initiating repair by new bone formation.