Ekdahl Promoted to DePuy Orthopaedics President (OTW)
DePuy announces new Leadership (press release)
DePuy’s Ekdahl off and running (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. wants a dynasty, not a debacle.
Andrew Ekdahl, whom DePuy officials announced this month as the company’s new president, is now entrusted with leading the medical-device business.
The company veteran spent more than two decades with DePuy and its parent, Johnson & Johnson of New Brunswick, N.J. He comes aboard at a precarious time, with the company dealing with quality-control issues related to its hip products.
Industry insiders say Ekdahl faces a challenging assignment, but his experience and familiarity with DePuy’s inner workings should serve him well as he adjusts to the top post.
Ekdahl takes over for David Floyd, who resigned in February in the midst of lawsuits against the company alleging defective hip replacement implants.
“It’s ironic that he is replacing Floyd, who kind of wrote the book on how to guide a company through what DePuy is facing now,” said Robin Young, founder of the Warsaw-based orthopedic-data firm PearlDiver Technologies Inc. and publisher of “Orthopedics This Week,” a...
