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We are pround to announce that after 3 years of a fruitful collaboration, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH and Spineart SA have mutually agreed to terminate the distribution agreement of the Spineart product portfolio in Germany. After a progressive transition period from July 1 to December 31, 2013, direct commercialization and distribution of the Spineart brands in Germany will be performed exclusively by Spineart Deutschland GmbH the German affiliate of Spineart SA.

For any further information, please contact:

Mr Jérôme VENTURA
President of Spineart SA
jventura@spineart.com

Mr Jérôme TRIVIDIC
Executive Vice President
jtrividic@spineart.com27

SPINEART and GE Healthcare hosted a lab at the University of Hamburg. This lab gave 40 participants from 12 countries the opportunity to learn more about the latest in motion preservation methods and to train on M.I.S. surgical techniques with emphasis on the screwless and K-wireless technologies. Included in this training were interactive presentations and hands-on anatomical workshops hosted by an internationally renowned surgeon faculty from Germany, Belgium, the US and France. Additionally we hosted separate theoretical and bioskills sessions in Russian, which was an exciting first for us.

Geneva, 21 February 2013. Spineart is pleased to announce that, as of the 31st of December 2012, more than 8’200 BAGUERA®C had been implanted successfully worldwide. The first surgery was held in France in January 2007. Since then, this device has been implanted in 25 countries.

BAGUERA®C, a cervical disc prosthesis of lastest generation, is the first pre-assembled and MRI compatible disc with a guided mobile PE nucleus and designed to absorb shocks.

All Spineart implants are sterile packed and bar-coded for increased safety, procedure compliance and cost-efficiency.

This product is not yet available in the US. For more information, please contact us at contact@spineart.com

Spineart, the international pure spine company offering a full range of Swiss made Fusion, Motion and M.I.S. spinal implants focused on simplicity and safety of use, announced the opening of a direct sales and distribution subsidiary in Italy, Spineart Italia Srl. Spineart is strengthening its relationships with Italian surgeons and hospitals by establishing a network of direct salesforce and local distributors solely focused on this market. Spineart’s expansion into Italy will be supported by the rapid adoption in this country of its recently launched ROMEO®2 PAD I.S.P.F. device and ROMEO®2 M.I.S. K-wireless system. The first ROMEO®2 M.I.S. K-wireless surgery and first ROMEO®2 PAD I.S.P.F. surgery under the new organization were performed in January 2013. “Spineart’s international expansion continues to gain momentum and the direct distribution of our products in Italy follows our strategy of strengthening our leadership position within the European medical device companies” stated Jérôme Trividic, Spineart SA’s Executive Vice President.

For more information, please contact us at contact@spineart.com

As part of the Spineart Academy 2012, Spineart just conducted in close collaboration with the University of Hamburg and GE Healthcare the 4th consecutive CME accredited course on motion preservation and minimally invasive spine surgery techniques. During two days, over 50 surgeons from 13 countries were introduced to Spineart’s latest spine surgery technologies through scientific lectures and hands-on specimen workshops led by a renowned international surgeon faculty from France, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. In 2013, the Spineart Academy will expand its activities with a new program of sophisticated, international training sessions to be communicated soon.

Dr. Slawomir Moszko, MD, Neurosurgeon, OA of the department of Neurosurgery at the Klinikum Deggendorf, Germany, successfully performed the world’s first 5 level MIS percutaneous construct without K-wire using Spineart’s system.

Spineart has achieved a new milestone in Minimally Invasive spine surgery by providing the world’s first Minimally Invasive K-wireless spinal fixation system, ROMEO®2 MIS.

The opportunity to operate without the K-wires is designed to improve the procedural efficiency, reduce the infection risk and the radiation exposure. The ROMEO®2 MIS can be used with a mini-open or percutaneous approach.

All implants are sterile packed and bar-coded for increased safety, procedure compliance and cost-efficiency.

Sanofi Spine, a subsidiary of Sanofi, is the exclusive distributor for Spineart’s spinal implants in Germany.

For more information, please contact us at contact@spineart.ch