Aug. 28, 2013VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. —Officials with Halifax Medical Center faced a judge on Wednesday after allegations they played favorites when picking vendors.Another vendor, Spinal Resources, requested Wednesday’s injunction hearing. The company is accusing the hospital of picking a vendor only because it has ties to the hospital’s largest donor, the Bill France family of […]
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DePuy Hits Ex-Sales Reps With Trade Secrets Suit
Law360, Washington (July 18, 2013, 7:33 PM ET) — A medical device subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson slammed two former sales representatives and their new employer with a $3 million lawsuit in Virginia federal court on Tuesday, alleging the ex-employees violated the terms of their noncompete agreements by taking jobs to distribute.DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. […]
J&J’s Depuy Synthes Wins $16 Million in Patent Case
Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) DePuy Synthes unit, a maker of artificial spinal repair products, won $16 million in damages from Globus Medical Inc. (GMED) when a jury decided that three of its patents were infringed.A federal jury in Wilmington, Delaware, also decided June 14 after a two-week trial that the DePuy Synthes patents were valid, […]
NuVasive Announces Court Ruling Regarding Ongoing Royalties
SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 12, 2013) – NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA) a medical device company focused on developing minimally disruptive surgical products and procedures for the spine, announced today that it received a ruling from the U.S. District Court in regards to ongoing royalty rates for Phase I of its patent litigation with Medtronic. […]
J&J Units Sued Over Spinal Implant Patent
Law360, New York (May 16, 2013, 1:30 PM ET) — Two of Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Synthes units were hit Wednesday in Delaware federal court with allegations that they infringed Globus Medical Inc.’s patent covering a spinal implant.Globus sued DePuy Synthes Products LLC and DePuy Synthes Sales Inc., alleging their Zero-P VA intervertebral fusion implant […]
Johnson & Johnson Wins Hip Implant Jury Trial in Chicago
A Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) unit defeated at trial an Illinois woman’s claim she was harmed by a defectively designed metal-on-metal hip implant.The jury of seven women and five men in state court in Chicago deliberated for slightly more than a day before returning its verdict today in favor of DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. Plaintiff Carol […]
J&J Faces Second Trial Over Recalled Hip After Loss
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)’s DePuy unit, which just lost a $8.3 million verdict in the first trial over its recalled metal hip implant, now faces a second jury that will consider whether the design was defective.Jurors in Chicago will hear opening statements today about a lawsuit by Carol Strum, 54, an Illinois nurse who claims […]
Senators push to repeal U.S. medical device tax; success unlikely
(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday to repeal a tax on medical devices that is part of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, although the proposal likely faces an uphill climb in Congress.The tax applies to a range of medical products – everything from bedpans and surgical tools to the […]
MN Businesses, Lawmakers Lash Out Against Medical Device Tax
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota’s medical device makers say a new tax to help pay for the federal health care law could cause cutbacks, and even layoffs.The state is home to more than 700 medical device companies, and between 250,000 to 300,000 workers.The nine employees left at Signus, a Chanhassen-based spinal implant company, took a 40 […]
Zimmer Told to Pay Stryker $70 Million in Patent Case
Zimmer Holdings Inc. was told to pay $70 million to Stryker Corp. for infringing patents related to a device that removes damaged tissue and cleans bones during joint-replacement surgery.Zimmer infringed three Stryker patents, a federal jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said today. The jury also found the infringement was willful, meaning U.S. District Judge Robert […]
Synthes USA files breach of contract claim against former sales rep for converting customers
A suburban Philadelphia manufacturer of medical devices has filed a civil action against a former employee that claims the man violated his contract with the plaintiff when he allegedly converted customers who formerly did business with the plaintiff to the new company at which the defendant was hired following his departure from his former company.Attorneys for […]
World-renowned Orthopedic Surgeon Sues Medical Device Company For Breach Of Contract
BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Andrew Cappuccino, M.D., a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon based in Buffalo, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Federal Court, Southern District of California, accusing NuVasive, Inc., of breach of contract.In a civil complaint filed today, Dr. Cappuccino charges NuVasive, a Delaware corporation, with principal offices in San Diego, […]
Orthofix Concludes Bone Growth Stimulator Investigation
LEWISVILLE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Orthofix International N.V., (OFIX) (the Company) announced today that it has resolved all matters related to the investigation of its bone growth stimulation business. Consistent with the agreement in principle that the Company previously announced in May 2011, the Company will pay approximately $43 million to resolve all civil and criminal matters, which […]
Orthofix to pay about $43M to settle fraud claims
LEWISVILLE, Texas (AP) — Orthofix International NV said late Sunday that it has settled all of the criminal and civil cases related to fraudulent claims it made to Medicare and other federal health care programs when selling bone growth stimulator devices.Under an agreement originally announced in May 2011, the medical implants and surgery products company […]
Zimmer can’t shake Stryker poaching charges
Zimmer (NYSE:ZMH) can’t shake a lawsuit filed by Stryker (NYSE:SYK) alleging a scheme to poach sales reps from Stryker’s operations in Las Vegas and Arizona, a federal judge ruled yesterday.Stryker sued Zimmer and a spate of former employees in April 2011, accusing its arch-rival of devising a scheme to “create an instantly successful spine organization, […]