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About Orthofix
Orthofix International, N.V., a global diversified orthopedic products
company, offers a broad line of minimally invasive surgical, and
non-surgical, products for the spine, orthopedic, and sports medicine
market sectors that address the lifelong bone-and-joint health needs of
patients of all ages–helping them achieve a
more active and mobile lifestyle. Orthofix’s
products are widely distributed around the world to orthopedic surgeons
and patients via Orthofix’s sales
representatives and its subsidiaries, including BREG, Inc. and
Blackstone Medical, Inc., and via partnerships with other leading
orthopedic product companies. In addition, Orthofix is collaborating in
R&D partnerships with leading medical institutions such as the
Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation, Rutgers University, the
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
and National Osteoporosis Institute. For more information about
Orthofix, please visit www.orthofix.com.
About the Musculoskeletal Transplant
Foundation
The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation is the nation’s
largest full service tissue organization dedicated to providing quality
tissue through a commitment to excellence in education, research,
recovery and care for recipients, donors and their families. A
not-for-profit organization, MTF is a consortium of academic medical
institutions and organ and tissue recovery organizations across the
country. In its first 20 years, MTF and its recovery partners have
recovered over 60,000 donors and provided over 3 million tissue grafts
to patients in need. For more information, please visit MTF’s
website at www.mtf.org.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This communication contains certain forward-looking statements under the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements, which may include, but are not limited to, statements
concerning the projections, financial condition, results of operations
and businesses of Orthofix and its subsidiaries and are based on
management’s current expectations and
estimates and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results or outcomes to differ materially from those contemplated by the
forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences may include,
but are not limited to, risks relating to the expected sales of its
products, including products not yet launched, unanticipated
expenditures, changing relationships with customers, suppliers and
strategic partners, risks relating to the protection of intellectual
property, changes to the reimbursement policies of third parties,
changes to and interpretation of governmental regulation of medical
devices, the impact of competitive products, changes to the competitive
environment, the acceptance of new products in the market, conditions of
the orthopedic industry and the economy, corporate development and
market development activities, including acquisitions or divestitures,
unexpected costs or operating unit performance related to recent
acquisitions and other factors described in our annual report on Form
10-K and other periodic reports filed by the Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Orthofix International N.V.
Dan Yarbrough, 617-912-2903
Vice
President of Investor Relations
danyarbrough@orthofix.com