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August 15, 2007
NEW SPINE FINITE ELEMENT STUDY SHOWS IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MOBILE-CORE AND FIXED-CORE ARTIFICIAL DISCS

July 25, 2007
CIGNA COVERS CHARITÉ® ARTIFICIAL DISC
Major National Insurer Changes Coverage Policy on Artificial Disc Replacement

April 26, 2007
NINE STUDIES ON CHARITÉ® ARTIFICIAL DISC PRESENTED AT AANS/CNS JOINT SECTION MEETING

March 19, 2007
NEW STUDY SHOWS PAIN RELIEF, MOBILITY, LOWER COMPLICATION RATE AND LOWER RATE OF ADJACENT LEVEL DISEASE WHEN COMPARED TO FUSION PATIENTS IN STUDIED GROUP OF CHARITÉ® DISC PATIENTS

May 16, 2006
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES REVERSES PROPOSED NON-COVERAGE DETERMINATION FOR CHARITÉ™ ARTIFICIAL DISC

Effective November 15, 2005
MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE

September 27, 2005
DEPUY SPINE’S UNIPLATE™ USED IN 1,000 CERVICAL FUSIONS

July 18, 2005
CHARITÉ® ARTIFICIAL DISC CLINICAL TRIAL DATA PUBLISHED IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL, SPINE

July 15, 2005
DEPUY SPINE PLANS TO OFFER MORE COURSES ON MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY AFTER INITIAL SUCCESS

April 16, 2005
DEPUY SPINE FIRST TO MARKET SINGLE SCREW SYSTEM FOR CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION

April 6, 2005
DEPUY SPINE ANNOUNCES CHARITÉ® ARTIFICIAL DISC DETERMINED MEDICALLY APPROPRIATE BY HORIZON BCBS OF NEW JERSEY

March 11, 2005
NEW STUDY SHOWS REVISION RATE LOWER WITH CHARITÉ® ARTIFICIAL DISC THAN SPINAL FUSION

March 11, 2005
DEPUY SPINE LAUNCHES NEW MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY PRODUCT LINE

October 26, 2004
FDA Approves First Artificial Disc For Treatment Of Low Back
Pain New Motion Preserving Device Offers Alternative to Spinal Fusion Surgery

June 2, 2004
FDA Advisory Panel Unanimously Recommends
DePuy Spine CHARITÉ® Artificial Disc For Approval

March 18, 2004
DePuy Spine CHARITÉ® Artificial Disc Clinical Trial Results presented at major spine scientific meeting

February 17, 2004
DePuy Spine, Inc., Files FDA Application For CHARITÉ® Artificial Disc

June 3, 2003
DePuy AcroMed, Inc., Completes Acquisition of Link Spine Group, Inc.

May 7, 2003
Acquisition to Expand Spine Product Portfolio


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