Links tagged “Ethics”

A Lesson Learned: Don’t manipulate sales data to make your company look better
Medtronic wins temporary reprieve in ex-rep’s whistleblower suit
$Surgeon who used Norian for treatment of a vertebral compression fracture is exonerated by jury 9 years later$
Surgeon who used Norian for treatment of a vertebral compression fracture is exonerated by jury 9 years later
The Top 5 Most Overused Procedures in Orthopedics
Medtronic Spine paid 6 surgeons over $1M in royalties last year
Neurosurgeon pleads guilty to $11M fraud for unneeded surgeries
Spanish Orthopedics scandal results in 6,000 patients under observation with faulty implants
NuVasive to pay $13.8M to settle DOJ matter
Top 5 Orthopedic procedures that are financial conflicts of interest
Feds are going after spine surgeons in S Dakota for unnecessary surgeries
Biomet bribery probe may stall Zimmer Merger
DOJ goes after a spine surgeon and distributor for inducements
Ouch! Former Integra LifeSciences employees admit to hospital fraud scheme
Jury convicts former Arthrocare CEO and CFO
98 year old gets new Total Knee, begs the question – How old is too old for a Joint Replacement?
Whistleblowers collect big in 2013 – Orthopedics is the “top” Stark judgement
Independent review finds “no intentional bias” in Medtronic Spine BMP studies
Orthopedic Surgeons are bracing for full disclosure of industry payments
Greek prosecutors bring corruption charges over state hospital deals with DePuy
Orthofix to pay $43M to resolve Bone Growth Stimulator Investigation
Former CEO of the Hospital for Special Surgery charged with taking Vendor Kickbacks
Physician’s Assistant sentenced for accepting kickbacks from Orthofix for ordering bone growth stimulators for 7 years
Stryker CEO, Steve Macmillan, had asked Board for approval to date employee
Former Kyphon Marketing Manager sentenced to 45 months jail time for operating fake supply company
Biomet Pays $22M Fine to the Feds in a Medical Device Bribery Settlement involving Argentina, Brazil and China
FDA fines Globus Medical and CEO $1M for selling “rejected” bone graft products
Stryker Biotech Has Dodged all OP-1 Prosecutions Except One – Mark Phillips, the former president
Stryker pays $15M fine in a DOJ Settlement after Unapproved OP-1 Clinical Study
Senators Ask Medtronic about their Post-Market Device Tracking regarding Infuse
Exactech extends Deferred Prosecution Agreement with US Attorneys Office
Yale Review of Infuse Study to Begin – “Does Infuse work? and Is Infuse safe?”
Million-dollar payments to Orthopedic surgeons raise questions
“The Spine Journal” is accused of methodological errors and bias by “Orthopedics This Week”
Former Marketing Manager at Kyphon pleads guilty to federal fraud charges
2 former ArthroCare executives are fined by SEC for an earnings ‘scheme’
5 Senators start investigation into the legality of physician-owned distributorships (PODs)
Wright Medical CEO Gary Henley abruptly resigns
What role did Surgeon Fees play in success of Medtronic’s Infuse?
Synthes to pay $23M fine and divest the Norian business… next comes executive sentencings
New study finds that many highly paid Med Device consultants fail to reveal their financial connections in journal articles
Orthopedic Surgeon whistleblower at Rush University Medical Center exposes Medicare fraud
Wright Medical’s ethics are questioned after a major league umpire patient experiences a failed ceramic hip (caution: very one-sided Bloomberg article)
Former J&J Depuy Executive Charged With Bribery
FDA questions role of payments in Zimmer Dynesys study
The Kuklo saga comes full circle – Panel finds shortcomings in bone study but no falsified data
FDA: Menaflex Clearance Shows “Definite Threats” to the 510(k) Process
Whoops…internal leak at Medtronic suggests there is a profit goal in funding surgeon training in Australia
Dr. Timothy Kuklo resigns from Washington University after accused by U.S. Army officials of falsifying data in a clinical study
Dr. Jeffrey Wang removed from leadership position at UCLA Spine Center for failing to disclose that he was paid by Medtronic, Paradigm, FzioMed, Facet Solutions, and DePuy Spine
Kuklo Investigations Grow – the former Army orthopedic surgeon and lawyer accused by the Army of falsifying medical research about Medtronic's InFuse bone growth product

List of the largest industry payments to orthopedists
POD Spine Surgeon Sabit Gets 20 Years in Prison
12 US Hospitals paid the government $28M for abusing kyphoplasty stays
Former CEO of OtisMed sentenced to prison for commercializing products not cleared by FDA
BMJ starts campaign to reduce knee arthroscopy procedures
Thousands of patients have received counterfeit spine implants nationwide
Synthes president in trouble after fight at church
NuVasive CEO resigns after probe finds policy violations
Biomet’s bribery charges gets in the way of the Zimmer-Biomet acquisition
Mimedx receives subpoena from Office of Inspector General, HHS
What we did and did not learn at AdvaMed 2014
Ex-ArthroCare executives get 10 and 20 year prison sentences
SEC subpoenas Biomet regarding operations in Brazil and Mexico
Arthrocare finally gets some relief from its sales fraud nightmare
ArthoCare makes deal with DOJ – enters into 2 year deferred prosecution agreement
4 Inside Traders from the Stryker/Orthovita acquision will be sentenced
FDA preparing for the hacking of Medical Devices
Former ArthroCare CEO and CFO surrender to officers after fraud charges
TranS1 Spine will settle fraudulent coding case for $6M
Wright Medical becomes the last Ortho company to weather the Deferred Prosecution Agreement
2 Former Arthrocare Execs Charged With $400M Fraud
OrthoFix pays an additional $34M to Settle False Claims Allegations with its Bone Growth Stimulators
The DOJ has finally closed the 4-Year investigation of off-label promotions of Medtronics Infuse
Biomet Pays Feds to enter into DPA for Bribery Charges in Argentina, Brazil and China
Anti-kickback Charges Against Exactech Dropped
Smith & Nephew to pay $22M to the DOJ in Greek bribery case
Sales Reps from Stryker Biotech escape Federal charges in Off-label Marketing Lawsuit
Medtronic paid millions to influential University of Wisconsin-Madison chairman
4 Former Synthes Executives Sentenced to Prison Time for Unapproved Bone Cement study
ArthroCare To Settle Class Action Suits For $74M
DFine to pay $2.39M fine to DOJ after whistleblower reports surgeon kickbacks
Infuse lawsuit: Judge orders Medtronic to produce safety data on bone growth protein
Wright Medical’s Compliance Officer resigns before the conclusion of the deferred prosecution agreement
Wright Medical publishes a new code of business conduct
Senators Investigating Medtronic for links between Surgeons consulting fees and Infuse usage
3 Spine Surgeons are publicly disciplined in New Jersey for not disclosing financial interests in with Synthes
Senators are attacking Medtronic regarding use of Hydrosorb at Walter Reed
Norton Hospital in Louisville defends the use of Medtronic products that are questioned in the WSJ
Wright Medical to pay Feds $7.9M concluding 3 years of investigation
Feds are now investigating JNJ, Medtronic and Zimmer for sales outside the US
Doctor vs. device manufacturer: A case study in what not to do
AAOS, NASS is now targeted by Senator Charles Grassley
Finally… Arthrocare files overdue financial statements
Stryker Biotech employees indicted for wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud FDA, distribution of a misbranded device and false statements to FDA
Six Hospitals Pay $8.3 Million in Medicare Spine Surgery Whistleblower Case
Body snatchers accusation from Germany for tissue sold in US – RTI Biologics is involved
Dr. David Polly resigns from AAOS Board – Medtronic consulting issues have become an unnecessary distraction
Spine Surgeon Didn't Disclose Medtronic Pay in Testimony
Synthes Executives plead guilty in connection with illegal clinical trials of Norian bone cement on patients
The CEOs of the big five orthopedic makers say their interactions with doctors are both transparent and necessary