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Maryland Venture Fund has invested $500,000 in Gaithersburg, Md.-based Cytomedix, a regenerative medicine company currently focused on its AutoloGel System for using platelet-rich plasma to heal wounds, according to Maryland Business News.

The FDA approved the start of a clinical trial for Ampio Pharmaceuticals' biologic Ampion to treat knee osteoarthritis, according to Pharma Biz.

Stephen M. Kovach is the director of education at Healthmark Industries, a Fraser, Mich.-based company that provides the healthcare industry with products designed to sterilize, store and deliver surgical instruments.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, industry experts will give a presentation titled "An ASC Roundtable: Outlook for Investment and M&A Activity in the ASC Sector."  

Tom Price, MD, U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th Congressional District, will be speaking at a Saturday morning panel at the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain-Management Conference in Chicago.

Here are seven things for ASC leaders to know for Thursday, April 4, 2013.

Preventive health programs can improve care and cut costs, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation policy brief.

Thomas C. Barber, MD, was named chair of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Council on Advocacy at the AAOS Annual Meeting in Chicago, March 19-23, according to an AAOS News Now report.

Cape Fear Orthopedics in Fayetteville, N.C., announced that it is offering orthopedic urgent care hours at its main location in Fayetteville.

A study, published in the Clinical Journal of Pain, found that people suffering from chronic and acute pain experience mental defeat, and targeting this sense of mental defeat can prevent anxiety and depression among the patients, according to a Health…