Synthes fined $23 million, must divest over illegal use of bone cement
Synthes Inc. and its Norian Corp. subsidiary formally pleaded guilty to charges that they illegally experimented with a bone cement on patients' spines and will pay fines totaling $23.2 million.
U.S. District Judge Legrome D. Davis has not yet scheduled sentencing for four executives who pleaded guilty to charges in the case:
Michael D. Huggins - former Synthes North America president
Thomas B. Higgins - former senior vice president
Richard E. Bohner - vice president
John J. Walsh - director of regulatory and clinical affairs
Synthes Agrees to Divest a Subsidiary in Plea Deal Over Spinal Surgeries (NYTimes)
Norian to pay $22M fine in medical trials case Read more: Norian to pay $22M fine in medical trials case (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Synthes Resolves Norian Case with U.S. Government (Synthes Press Release)...
