tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post3119468785423585020..comments2024-02-24T06:25:59.743-08:00Comments on The Spine Blogger: Lanx: The Saga ContinuesMusculoskeletal Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873819014357051373noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-65817426890636201862012-03-22T19:04:37.403-07:002012-03-22T19:04:37.403-07:00Anonymous jan 3rd, I am a lanx employee (soon to b...Anonymous jan 3rd, I am a lanx employee (soon to be an ex-lanx employee). I am not a fan of this company (and am leaving because of my hatred for the way the employees of certain departments are treated and discriminated against) but I want to assure you that the only reason a business with the lack of leadership lanx has has made it this far is because of how well the aspen works. Its truly a genius device.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-28179547323209739552012-01-03T22:03:44.845-08:002012-01-03T22:03:44.845-08:00Hi am 30 and just had a laminotomy with a aspen in...Hi am 30 and just had a laminotomy with a aspen infusion and after reading all these posts you all have me terrified!!! I pray the device is better than the company! Any thoughts, advice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-71814245828322801932011-06-22T16:29:18.494-07:002011-06-22T16:29:18.494-07:00Now that Dan Gladney and his Minneapolis cronies h...Now that Dan Gladney and his Minneapolis cronies have their hooks in, this company has 2 years max before the fire sale begins. Sales are in the toilet, yet the company shuttles these 6 figure clowns back and forth, and put them up in top rate hotels while the rest of the company is told that their budgets are being cut. And what is Paul Hickey doing having lunches with so called " Dr. " Fulton who was booted out by the board for unethical behavior? Getting tips on how not to get caught like he did?? Everyone who is smart in that company is either out or looking. What a shame....once again greed coupled with incompetence will destroy a company, and the regular people will suffer while the pigs at the trough get even fatterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-45338857678535439402011-02-27T11:13:41.337-08:002011-02-27T11:13:41.337-08:00Lanx now recently received a warning letter from t...Lanx now recently received a warning letter from the FDA. I am sure there are more warning letters to come this year. The management team is a hodge-podge of Jokers. Their sales were a joke last year and will be a joke this year. The Aspen is old news. Get out your forks because this turkey is done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-75959011417262513992011-01-04T20:09:35.449-08:002011-01-04T20:09:35.449-08:00I was a distributor for LANX for a few years. LAN...I was a distributor for LANX for a few years. LANX has always lacked leadership on the sales team. The company itself, engineering, marketing, and support staff are very professional and good at what they do. LD has his work cut out for him to convince anyone to join LANX. LANX has screwed so many industry professionals that NO ONE with any knowledge of the industry would take a sales position. BEWARE this company would screw its mother! MD was smart to jump as quick as he did...smart guy !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-26416487416908390792010-11-03T08:10:36.676-07:002010-11-03T08:10:36.676-07:00One post on here hinted at it but to be clear rega...One post on here hinted at it but to be clear regarding DeMane so called declining the position. He did accept and was even in-office for about 2-weeks when he jumped (sinking) ship. Two months later they then do a round of lay-offs; writing is on the wall!!Lanx has zero leadership and those in the executive level positions simply can not be trusted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-35541734277329982562010-10-04T16:29:03.227-07:002010-10-04T16:29:03.227-07:00Lanx must be truly deperate at this point.
They a...Lanx must be truly deperate at this point.<br /><br />They apparently have taken on a sales team of two in the DC/MD area (Spartan Medical) that has failed miserably for the last 3 years since leaving Medtronic.<br /><br />Lanx hired Spartan Medical to grow market share in this area.<br /><br />Led by Vince Profit Spartan Med failed to take down new business for three Consecutive years while repping for Globus.<br /><br /> Now they are throwing a Hail Mary to give it a third try with 80% less products in the bag.<br /><br />Some things never change.<br /><br />The spinal sales community must be shaking In their boots.<br /><br />I predict continued failure for Spartan Med and Lanx.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-11792539459812858012010-10-01T13:49:13.325-07:002010-10-01T13:49:13.325-07:00LANX needs a moral and ethical compass
If you ar...LANX needs a moral and ethical compass <br /><br />If you are thinking of working here, think twiceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-52808171665420027522010-09-21T06:56:51.741-07:002010-09-21T06:56:51.741-07:00Here is the latest news from LANX.... It's OV...Here is the latest news from LANX.... It's OVER! LANX has lost all momentum in the past 8 months. I have several years experience in spine and have never seen a company shut down like LANX. One year ago this was a good company with hard working internal employees and good outside sales people (direct and distributor based). Today it is a shell of the company it once was. Too many good people have left or have been fired. This company has ZERO leadership. Michael Demane leaving after only two weeks signaled the end. Reputation is everything and LANX has stepped across the line into the abyss. Too many people know that the management can not be trusted. Too many people know this company is in financial trouble and needs more cash to keep going. I predict 6-12 months of life for LANX. RIPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-8920506495751521412010-08-19T20:31:45.823-07:002010-08-19T20:31:45.823-07:00I know the direct reps aren't panning out as w...I know the direct reps aren't panning out as well as hoped by Lanx management. Before long those reps will leave the company too or be canned. They just put the 2 NY reps on notice because even though they were seasoned spine reps when they moved over to Lanx, they couldn't get anything going with those products.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-45280801975327961922010-07-20T20:49:10.400-07:002010-07-20T20:49:10.400-07:00How does a company like PhyGen aka Allez spine thi...How does a company like PhyGen aka Allez spine think they could ever succeed after witnessing this hot mess? Heard Phygen is calling three core me too products their own manufacturered and then distributing 10-12 other well known small spine companies??>>!! Another hot mess!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-8933365012381648222010-07-19T13:09:19.253-07:002010-07-19T13:09:19.253-07:00Anyone know of any other competitors in this Spino...Anyone know of any other competitors in this Spinous Process fusion market? Spire, Nuvasive's clamp, ASPEN,.....any others out there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-59821559667659186262010-07-16T19:29:01.356-07:002010-07-16T19:29:01.356-07:00Lanx is a joke. Had a recruiter call me about a R...Lanx is a joke. Had a recruiter call me about a RSD position, and as hard as he tried, even he couldn't put lipstick on this pig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-69726702681825479632010-07-11T13:15:01.093-07:002010-07-11T13:15:01.093-07:00I'm hearing that lawsuits will be flying due t...I'm hearing that lawsuits will be flying due to some of the recent actions by Lanx and Lanx management. When the best that you have is a putz like Lance Denardine running the show, that does not ooze confidence of a company moving forward. I bet that we hear more bad things coming out about Lanx in the very near future. The company is sinking fast and either has a plan in place for that o is just run by a bunch of boobs??? My money is on the BOOBS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-63142238157559687252010-07-08T19:01:44.506-07:002010-07-08T19:01:44.506-07:006:19, absolutely Lanx has that history.
Call up th...6:19, absolutely Lanx has that history.<br />Call up their old RM in the Northeast & ask him how he was treated. Only guy to make his number last year & the quarter they decided to go in another direction from him...oh & good luck collecting those commissions. Ya know the old saying "possession is 9/10 of the law", that's the most profibable area of business for Lanx, screw you out of your commissions!<br />They are a joke, they will never get there, never, ever.<br />I am guessing all of LD's plans have blown up in his face, what right thinking Medtronic Spine Manager or Rep would consider going here. The only thing that is guaranteed is that you & Lance will be together looking for a new job in less than 18 months!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-73360808270200629612010-07-08T18:19:48.124-07:002010-07-08T18:19:48.124-07:00This is what happens when investment banks and PE&...This is what happens when investment banks and PE's become influential in medical device company strategic planning based on their equity and board presence. The industry is no longer patient centric its all about short term gains. It is true that LANX no thanx has had a history of cutting its managers and distributors at the knees when they start to make a certain amount of money.Musculoskeletal Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873819014357051373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-1948167426614437392010-07-08T11:18:29.746-07:002010-07-08T11:18:29.746-07:00It is true. Lanx just terminated their top two di...It is true. Lanx just terminated their top two distributors. Rumor is TB tried to hire some of the distributor reps as directs. Apparently he had either flown into town or flown the distributor reps out to Denver while they were employed by the distributor and offered them jobs as directs. I guess this happened last year to their #1 distributor who I believe was down in Florida and the distributor in Philly who had the #1 Aspen user in the country.<br /><br />The message is clear. Don't make too much money or Lanx will terminate you. Great business plan. No question Lanx will be a top spine company soon. Who wouldn't want to represent a company like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-75454369613371677592010-07-07T10:13:19.926-07:002010-07-07T10:13:19.926-07:00Was just called today about a position with Lanx. ...Was just called today about a position with Lanx. Was told they are going direct and all distributors eventually will go. <br /><br />PS- I passed on the position.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-35984697938501901682010-07-07T09:21:24.719-07:002010-07-07T09:21:24.719-07:00Was it really a non-compete that kept DeMane from ...Was it really a non-compete that kept DeMane from steering the ship? To our recollection, MD had long left MSD and was supposedly working with Spine Wave for a while. If so, there goes the non-compete scenario.Musculoskeletal Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873819014357051373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-9605447031101897142010-07-07T09:14:19.793-07:002010-07-07T09:14:19.793-07:00I heard that Lanx is or about to fire their two bi...I heard that Lanx is or about to fire their two bigest distributors. Has anyone else heard the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-16895196347144952732010-07-07T06:56:51.585-07:002010-07-07T06:56:51.585-07:00To 4:20- Phygen Spine, aka Allez Spine, name chang...To 4:20- Phygen Spine, aka Allez Spine, name changed to connote “PHYsician GENerated”. Sounds like a restaurant who had low volume then changed their name to hype it up, or to just pull the old swith-a-roo(not bad).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-58733352889111666712010-07-06T18:12:10.988-07:002010-07-06T18:12:10.988-07:00This whole CEO declining the offer seems fishy...m...This whole CEO declining the offer seems fishy...maybe DeMane's hiring sent a clear signal that Lanx was prepping to go public. Some larger company probably had its eye on Lanx and this spurred them to make an offer. DeMane wouldn't stay on board of a company that was about to be purchased, so he steps down???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-74970333811987857582010-07-06T05:17:18.066-07:002010-07-06T05:17:18.066-07:00This seems like a Medtronic bitching site. All th...This seems like a Medtronic bitching site. All the implant companies are struggling, take a look around. You can't sell a $150 screw for $1500 without it eventually coming back to bite you in the ass. Your time is coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-66082009391997215412010-07-05T05:58:58.730-07:002010-07-05T05:58:58.730-07:00Wait, this isn't cafepharma?Wait, this isn't cafepharma?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-57083529894539568812010-07-04T09:07:19.125-07:002010-07-04T09:07:19.125-07:00Globus if I had to say it. They have the portfoli...Globus if I had to say it. They have the portfolio now. They are one of the few companies still turning a profit as I hear it, and they are looking to get even more aggressive.<br /><br />But I'm sure the others are right on their heels.<br /><br />Happy 4th of July by the way. I thank god everyday for the opportunity to live the American dream. And that is steal a bunch of shit from the company I work for now, and pass it off as my own, and steal away business with $$$.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com