DEO raises €1 million to expand its operating room efficiency platform

Thanks to a series of investors, including OrthoGrow, LRM, imec.istart, and multiple private investors, DEO closes a successful funding round with an investment of €1 million. The funding will enable DEO to continue its ambitious growth path and expand its existing customer footprint within orthopedics to conduct even more project in European and US hospitals. During the past 4 years, DEO has been developing and validating its OR Efficiency Platform by continuously capturing unique data points in ORs in Europe and the US, and analyzing these via its predictive data model to maximize positive impact on hospital finances, staff and throughput times. This way, DEO wants to do their part to ensure future patients access to safe, successful, and efficient surgeries. 

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September 18, 2020

GrowForce moves into new Antwerp office

To accommodate a fast growing team of expert consultants, GrowForce moved out of OrthoGrow headquarters into its own office facility in Antwerp, close to Berchem train station. As Flemish registered KMOP service provider, GrowForce has been facing steep growth itself supporting a diverse clientele in their growth marketing endeavors. 

September 1, 2019

OrthoGrow moves headquarter office

OrthoGrow is pleased and proud to announce it has moved office to its new headquarters at the Corporate Village, DaVincilaan 1 in Zaventem, Belgium. Located in between Brussels ringway and a large garden area, only 5 minutes from Brussels Airport, conveniently with a direct shuttle in between, our office at the brand new third floor provides lots of meeting facilities and a business lounge to interact optimally with our clients. We will be in the very heart of business activity with Microsoft, Sony and Johnson&Johnson as some of the many corporate new neighbors. Next to our clients, OrthoGrow also thought of its highly appreciated team, since we will have dedicated parking, a fitness area, a corporate restaurant and many more facilities at disposal. 

July 4, 2019

GrowForce announces KBC Startit partnership

GrowForce is proud to announce a partnership with the KBC Startit startup incubator. GrowForce will provide lectures and trainings within the KBC Startit program, and support Belgian startups in their search for growth. 

April 30, 2019

DEO moves into new headquarters

DEO has moved into its new office facilities in C-Mine, Genk, Belgium. C-Mine, a former Belgian mining site, was converted into a modern creative hub and entrepreneurial surrounding offering DEO all necessary facilities to grow close to its local partnerships and customers.

April 1, 2019

OrthoGrow spins off sales & marketing services into GrowForce

Forget about the traditional marketing agency approach, those days are over. Today OrthoGrow launched GrowForce, a novel and innovative marketing agency, formerly known as My Sales Coach.

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March 28, 2019

Collaboration with Stöpler Belgium

OrthoGrow Distribution and Stöpler Belgium collaborate to push portfolio within the Belgian market. The collaboration allows for particular products to address both OrthoGrow Distribution and Stöpler Belgium sales representatives allowing for easy access and increased service levels

Stöpler Belgium, a distributor part of the Dutch Stöpler group, offers a broad portfolio of renown brands of instruments, medical equipment and disposables. It aims for customer-oriented and exquisite service towards its clients.

March 12, 2019

DJO Surgical launched in the Netherlands

OrthoGrow Distribution is pleased to announce the appointment of BdH Medical as exclusive agent to bring the full DJO Surgical shoulder portfolio, including the Turon anatomical and the Reversed Shoulder Prosthesis, to the Netherlands for the first time ever. The market launch and implant portfolio is presented at the Dutch Orthopaedic Association’s yearly conference, NOV 2019, today in ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

BdH Medical, located in Amersfoort, is specialized in the delivery of joint implants and specific devices for orthopedics and surgery. Excellent service in addition to highly qualitative products is essential within the vision of BdH. 

Learn more about the DJO portfolio

January 24, 2019

Nordic market access​

OrthoGrow Distribution proudly announces a collaboration agreement with Innosurge, a Nordic distributor with sales activities in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. This collaboration will allow OrthoGrow Distribution to expand its European market coverage to a total of seven countries now, and to offer its Master Distribution customers efficient and fast access to the Nordic market, next to OrthoGrow’s current sales activities within Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. ​OrthoGrow hereby further strengthens its role as a one-stop-shop to introduce innovative orthopedic products into the European market.

InnoSurge is a Nordic founded company with years of experience within innovative surgery implants and instruments. It is headquartered in Randers, Denmark, and has offices and sales representatives in Norway, Sweden and Finland.

January 17, 2019

Anika exclusive distribution announced

OrthoGrow Distribution announces an exclusive distributorship deal with Anika Therapeutics (Bedford, MA, USA). OrthoGrow Distribution will bring viscosupplements Orthovisc, single-injection Monovisc and latest innovation Cingal to the BeNeLux. Cingal is the first and only approved hyaluronic acid (HA) plus steroid combination product, proven to provide fast acting and long lasting pain relief. Learn more about our HA portfolio at the Anika product pages.

Anika is recognized worldwide as a pioneer in hyaluronic acid (HA) therapeutic products for tissue protection, healing and repair. It is considered one of the worldwide key vendors in the HA market.

Learn more about the HA portfolio

June 7, 2018

OrthoGrow opens US office

OrthoGrow is delighted to announce the opening of its US office, OrthroGrow USA Inc., in Boston, Massachusetts. This enables OrthoGrow to extend its gateway into Europe onto American soil, and strengthens its service offering in the US market, by providing a more convenient, efficient touch-point for customers and medical device companies looking into EU market introduction. The opening of this new office completes the first stage in establishing a US presence, which in the future will be followed with the launch of a commercial organization. OrthoGrow USA Inc. will have offices in the Cambridge Innovation Center. 

May 30, 2018

DEO incorporated

OrthoGrow founds a dedicated company into Data-driven Efficiency in the Operating room,  DEO. DEO provides an innovative Operating Room Efficiency Platform that enables the healthcare system to increase patient volume and reduce the total cost of ownership with optimal quality of care. With a data-driven approach, DEO collects and analyzes large data sets within the OR to propose the best processes and appropriate equipment for optimization and offers complementary training to the surgical team into more efficient care delivery.

Learn more about DEO

May 29, 2018

DJO Surgical Reversed Shoulder reimbursed

Reimbursement by RIZIV/INAMI of the Reversed Shoulder Prosthesis (RSP) by DJO Surgical will become effective June 1st in Belgium. The Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis is a forward-thinking reverse and the first reverse shoulder design to successfully incorporate a center of rotation (COR) lateral to the glenoid. It established a solid and trustworthy position based on excellent results within the US market, and will now become commercially available in Belgium for the first time ever. 

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May 23, 2018

OrthoGrow acquires TrueNatives

OrthoGrow has acquired True Natives, a small Belgian IT development company active in both software and app development. Activities will be integrated within the group, and serve both internally as well as externally within the healthcare sector.

May 18, 2018 

OrthoGrow (distribution) receives ISO13485 certification

​Lloyd's Register issued OrthoGrow its Certificate of Approval to the ISO13485:2016 standard within the scope of sale and distribution of medical devices including implants to physicians, hospitals and distributors and taking up the role of Authorised Representative, importer and/or distributor. Hereby, OrthoGrow Distribution emphasizes its unique capability of acting as a true strategic distribution partner, as well as a product and service provider - assuring sales, support and administrative requirements are taken care of to the highest standards in the industry - towards both our suppliers and our customers. It shows once more, OrthoGrow is not simply a consultant, nor just a distributor; rather, we are a collaborative partner sharing your ambition within the same superior quality standards. 

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May 2, 2018

OrthoGrow featured in PwC publication

OrthoGrow Advisory was featured in a publication by PwC, a global quality audit, tax and consulting firm. PwC reached out to OrthoGrow for a project with CADskills, a Belgian start-up that designs and produces 3D-printed patient-specific implants, and required a partner to support its international expansion. "While PwC has the global reach and required financial know-how, with CADskills working in such niche domain, we sought to make sure we had specific knowledge of the product and market for it. For that we reached out to OrthoGrow. Its involvement in the process filled our product-specific knowledge gap, helping to further increase efficiency." stated PwC.

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April 15, 2018

Bodycad uni-knee reimbursed in Belgium

Reimbursement of the Bodycad personalized unicompartmental knee system is approved by RIZIV/INAMI in Belgium. Hereby, OrthoGrow realized the very first custom knee system reimbursed by the government on the Belgian market and now also commercially available as a very valuable alternative next to any standard uni knee on the Belgian market.

First personalized restoration procedures using Bodycad's personalized unicompartmental knee system were performed in the US and EU in September last year. "I was involved throughout the production of the personalized restoration." said Prof. Werner Siebert of the Vitos Orthopaedic Clinic in Kassel, Germany, and incoming President of the German Orthopaedic Society, who performed the procedure. "I provided patient imaging, consulted with the Bodycad PREPTech and then reviewed and approved the final design. The result was an exceptional fit for the patient." 

February 1, 2018

Bodycad chooses OrthoGrow

Today Bodycad (Quebec, Canada) announced an exclusive agreement with the OrthoGrow group for EU distribution and consulting services of its personalized orthopaedic knee products. OrthoGrow will act as Bodycad's authorized agent for the EU in addition to establishing sales agencies in several key markets within the EU. OrthoGrow will also assist with the marketing, promotion and training of the Bodycad portfolio. 

"OrthoGrow's experience and leadership in innovative technologies made them a clear choice to partner with." said Andrew McLeod, Chief Commercial Officer, for Bodycad. "We are excited to take this next step in our commercialization strategy with such a trusted partner."

December 13, 2017

OrthoGrow DJO Surgical Distributor

OrthoGrow Distribution concluded an exclusive distributorship deal with DJO Surgical (Austin, TX, USA) to bring DJO's well-appreciated and highly valued shoulder implant portfolio to the BeNeLux for the first time. As an industry leader in differentiated technology and upper extremity solutions, DJO Surgical gives surgeons and their patients a full range of primary and revision implants. ​

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December 1, 2017 

OrthoGrow to offer QARA Advisory Services

OrthoGrow expands its Advisory offering with a full range of Quality and Regulatory services. Since full understanding of quality and regulatory implications is a prerequisite for a successful market entry strategy, next to strategic sales advisory, OrthoGrow now has all expertise in-house to offer services in implementation and auditing of Quality Management Systems and product registration according to FDA or EU-MDR regulatory compliance. Furthermore, we can act as your European Authorized Representative through OrthoGrow Distribution, and hereby prepare effective sales startup.

June 15, 2017

OrthoGrow expands into distribution

OrthoGrow Distribution is founded as part of the OrthoGrow group, advisors to the medical device industry, and specializes in (master) distribution and authorized representative services for companies expanding their business in Europe. Through its distribution focused subsidiary, OrthoGrow will be able to extend its abilities to help orthopedic manufacturers grow and accelerate their business in a centralized one-stop-shop principle for local distribution (BeNeLux), master distribution (EU) and associated EU-REP services.

January 30, 2017