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Bone and Other Allografts Worldwide

Allografts are the main “traditional” orthopaedic biomaterials. This market segment includes bone allografts (fresh, or freeze-dried bone; also demineralized bone) and soft-tissue allografts, including cartilage, tendons and meniscus.
The global market for all allografts was $1.5 billion in 2006, with bone allografts contributing half of that, soft-tissue allografts $500 million, and demineralized bone the remaining [...]