Has Orthovita's Fight Finally Ended?
Executive Summary
Orthovita had spent the past eight years building up a small commercial pipeline while it ran its flagship bone augmentation material Cortoss through years of a demanding clinical trial. But two months after the FDA approved the product, the company had to clear another unforeseen hurdle: two controversial clinical trials.
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