Motion Is Back In Spine Market
Executive Summary
In less than a month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved three spine PMAs, two for cervical disc replacement devices, and there are two more cervical discs in the queue for near-term PMA approval. All of this activity suggests the $122 million US cervical disc market is about to gear up.
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Device Investors Showing Some Spine
Elsevier’s Strategic Transactions shows that just in the last year, 26 spine or low back pain companies received private funding. To be sure, many were small rounds, some were funded with debt, and some were insider rounds trying to keep companies moving forward, but venture investors showed excitement by investing in large rounds for a select number of start-ups.