Biomet subpoenaed
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Orthopedic device maker receives a Department of Justice subpoena from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia for documents related to products marketed and sold by the company's EBI division - now doing business as Biomet Spine and Biomet Trauma - from January 1999 through the present. The company stated May 25 that the subpoena relates to a "limited number of products currently manufactured." Over the last two years, Biomet, Johnson & Johnson/DePuy, Zimmer and Stryker all received subpoenas related to the Justice Department's ongoing investigations into possible anti-trust issues and alleged improper financial relationships with doctors (1"The Gray Sheet" July 3, 2006, p. 8)...