LDR announced the creation of LDR China to further its global
presence and to capitalize on the growing Asian market for innovative
spinal solutions. The new offices in Beijing, China reinforce LDR's
long standing commitment to serve as a global spine company.
LDR now has major offices in Europe, North America and Asia and is
selling its products around the world. The company will continue to
establish corporate offices in geographic areas that it deems
strategically important in supporting continued global growth.
Christophe Lavigne, president and CEO of LDR Holdings observes,
"The Asian market is an important and growing area for medical device
companies. China is emerging as a strategically strong position in
healthcare consumption and we see it as being especially critical for
the spinal industry. We are proud to enter this market and look
forward to a long term relationship with Chinese surgeons and their
patients."
Professor Zhao DingLin, the Chairman and Professor of DingLin
Orthopedic Surgery at the Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University
has been involved in the spine industry for over 30 years. Professor
DingLin is also a China National Delegate, SICOT and additionally the
Chairman of the Shanghai Spinal Research Association. Professor
DingLin comments, "We were impressed with LDR and its products because
of the innovation they incorporate into everything they do. While the
Mobi-C(R) cervical artificial disc, that lends itself well to
multi-level applications, initially attracted us to LDR, we
subsequently found the company's other fusion and non-fusion
technologies were equally innovative. It is also important for us to
be involved with a global company that is committed to building long
term relationships with surgeons."
Mr. Lavigne concludes "LDR is a global spine company offering a
range of fusion and non-fusion products for spine surgeons. We sell
our products in over 26 countries and work with great surgeons from
many different parts of the world. We are passionate about the spine
industry and will continue to build a total solutions spine company
working closely with the surgeon community."
LDR works closely with surgeons to develop implantable spine
systems and instrumentation that restore optimum stability and
mobility to patients and to make spine surgery more reproducible and
easier to perform. More information is located at www.ldrspine.com.
