STEADY SALES, SMOOTH MARRIAGE AT DEPUYSYNTHES (Orthopedics This Week)
On April 16, 2013, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., the biggest orthopedic player on the block reported relatively flat sales for the first quarter of the year, if you exclude Synthes sales. Sales were up 60% on an operational basis had Synthes been included. The results continue to confirm to analysts that the orthopedic market has stabilized.
Total sales were $2.385 billion. There were 1.5 fewer selling days in the quarter then the previous year that some Wall Street analysts thought could have added up to 3% in sales.
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The Orthopedics Industry 