Bone-fusion protein raises questions about doctors' financial stakesAugust 29th, 2010 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Aug. 29, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- In January 2002, a group of Food and Drug Administration advisers met on whether to approve a powerful new biological agent that promised to revolutionize back surgery.

The product was like nothing the burgeoning field of spinal fusion surgery had seen before. If used properly, it essentially turned whatever it touched into bone. This was a good thing if it could be confined to the tiny space between vertebrae, but potentially calamitous if it leaked out.

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