BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$300.0M
- Private
- US
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When Johnson & Johnson was incorporated in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1887, the first price list included absorbent and antiseptic ligatures 4 gut and 4 silk ligatures for closing tissues in surgical procedures. More than 100 years later, ETHICON continues to be the world's leading manufacturer of sutures and related wound closure devices with more than 3,500 different product codes. ETHICON has expanded their expertise into wound management, women's health, and cardiovascular surgery. We have 4 business units that operate separately under the ETHICON umbrella, yet share the synergy of being not only part of ETHICON, but of Johnson & Johnson, the world's most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of healthcare products. The ETHICON Products business unit of ETHICON manufactures and sells products for wound closure and cardiovascular surgery. ETHICON Products is the worldwide leader in suture products and suture technology, and is one of the most recognizable and well-respected brand names in the hospital environment. The division has a long history of innovation in providing products including sutures, topical adhesives, surgical meshes and wound drains that enhance patient care, from hernia to cardiovascular repair. As a specialty unit within ETHICON Products, CARDIOVATIONS specializes in products that facilitate minimally invasive valve surgery. ETHICON Women's Health & Urology, the women's health business unit of ETHICON, is dedicated to providing innovative...
Vice President, Contracting & Compliance
William DonatoNumber of Employees 749
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NAICS Code Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing: 339112
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J&J announces changes at top, in strategy
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced organizational changes intended to sharpen its focus on opportunities outside its traditional areas of interest and in the growing intersections of health care. These include the creation of a new strategy and growth organization and two new business operating...
Edwards Lifesciences Paying $27M for Devices From Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon Division
Irvine-based heart valve maker Edwards Lifesciences Corp. is paying $27 million tor heart surgery products from Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon unit. The company, the leading maker of heart valves, is buying catheters, retractors and other devices from Ethicon. The products allow surgeons to perform heart valve operations through small openings...
Ethicon.(TOP 21 OEMs)
Ethicon is a Johnson & Johnson company with roots that stretch back to the 19th century. In 1949, Ethicon was formally established as a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson and began to diversify its product line to meet the expanding demands and new challenges of increased ...
Datascope Confirms Agreement to Acquire Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting Business from Ethicon, Inc.
Datascope Corp. (NASDAQ: DSCP) confirmed that, as announced by the Federal Trade Commission today, Datascope has entered into a definitive agreement with Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, to acquire the Clearglide® endoscopic vessel harvesting product line of Ethicon's CardioVations division. This transaction is contingent on the closing...
Ethicon's medical package wins awards
The Tension-Free Vaginal Type Obturator (TVT-O) package from the ETHICON division of Johnson & Johnson uses a packaging design that allows the surgeon to access delicate and precise instruments safely. The TVT-O is an implanted device for the relief of stress urinary incontinence in women. Its package, from Prent...
Trocar manufacturers go to court over patent disputes.(Gloves)(Brief Article)
Applied Medical Resources Corp., Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., on Sept. 10 filed suit against Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J., and its subsidiaries Ethicon and Ethicon Endo-Surgery. The suit also named Novation, Irving, Texas. Applied charges that it suffered damage to its trocar and...
Johnson & Johnson expansion.(and recruiting more people for production)(Brief Article)
While some factories here have shut down in recent months, Johnson & Johnson has revealed plans to add 300 new jobs to its pharmaceutical manufacturing operation here, reports El Nuevo Dia (June 10, 2003). Ethicon, the J&J division which makes sutures at a plant in San...
Surgical procedure delivered via webcast for Johnson & Johnson by webstreaming.com.
M2 PRESSWIRE-10 September 2002-webstreaming.com: Surgical procedure delivered via webcast for Johnson & Johnson by webstreaming.com C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09102002 London -- webstreaming.com, with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Ethicon, delivered a 90-minute simulated live webcast to over 50 UK...
Hospitals sticking to group contracts when buying adhesive wound-care tape. (Hospital Purchasing).(Brief Article)
While sutures, gauze dressings and advanced gels are major components of wound closure and treatment, tape and other adhesives, though individually inexpensive, create a large portion of wound-care spending. Leading the list of popular suppliers is 3M, St. Paul, Minn. Other vendors mentioned...
Prevacare™ Total Solution Skin Care Spray
Johnson & Johnson Medical, Division of Ethicon, Inc., introduces Prevacare[TM] Total Solution Skin Care Spray and patented technology that enhances product delivery. Prevacare Total Solution Skin Care Spray is a unique three-in-one product clinically proven to cleanse, moisturize, and protect. Its patented liposomal formula gently cleanses skin while delivering targeted,...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| William Donato | Vice President, Contracting & Compliance |
| Colin Morgan | Managing Director |
| Barbara Metcalf | Consultant |
| Ed Gallagher | |
| Nadia Hamideh | Finance Executive |
| Ron Sickles | |
| Vinnie Tracey |
Bill is currently the Vice President, Contracting & Compliance for Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company. In this role, he has leadership responsibility for all contracting strategies (GPO's/IDN's), contract administration and compliance audits for the Ethicon Business units. Bill assumed this assignment in April of 2004, and has been with the organization since 1994. Prior to joining Ethicon, Bill held senior leadership roles with two Group Purchasing organizations, the Sun Health Alliance in Charlotte, North Carolina and SSM DHS in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Donato's 25 years in healthcare includes positions of increasing responsibilities in Healthcare Materials Management; the most recent as the Corporate Director of Materials Management for the Alta Bates Health System in Berkeley, CA. Bill has served on the Board of AHRMM and was President in 1994. He was honored with the Leadership award by AHRMM in 1996, recognizing distinctive leadership in Healthcare, Materials Management and in the Society.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ethicon, Inc. | Vice President, Contracting & Compliance | Current |
| Strategic Marketplace Initiative (Smi) | Board of Directors | Current |
Colin Morgan is Managing Director of ETHICON, A division of JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL LIMITED. His career with Johnson & Johnson spans over 30 years and includes time based in Portugal as General Manager of Johnson & Johnson Professional Products. He is a past Chairman of ABHI (Association of British Healthcare Industries) and currently a member of their Executive Board with responsibility for the UK Market Access policy group. He was a member of the Government Task Force (HITF) and is currently chairing the implementation group of HITF recommendations relating to Best Procurement practices. He is currently President of the European Association of Surgical Suture Industries, also sits on the board of SHIL (Scottish Health Innovations Limited) and is a member of the Life Sciences Industry Advisory Group. He has also received Honorary Fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland and the James IV Association of Surgeons.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ethicon, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Patient Safety Board | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Laparoscopy | Program Director | Current |
| Ethicon, Inc. | Consultant | Current |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Trana Discovery, Inc | Vice President, Intellectual Property | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ethicon, Inc. | Finance Executive | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Edge-Pdc | Corporate Vice President | Current |
| Edge Medica | Corporate Vice President | Current |
| Ethicon, Inc. | Current |
Vinnie Tracey is President of RE/MAX International since October 2004 and one of its Directors since August 2005. With 6,500 offices and 120,000 agents in 63 countries, RE/MAX is one of the largest real estate groups in the world. Tracey has also served in various other executive capacities within the RE/MAX Organization prior to 1987.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Real Estate Apprentice | President of Re, Max International | Current |
| Re/Max Sedona | President, Member, Board of Directors | Current |
| Allen Real Estate, Inc. | President, Member, Board of Directors | Current |
| Re/Max of Florida | President, Member, Board of Directors | Current |
| Re/Max Hidden Creek | President | Current |
| Re/Max Southwest, Inc. | President, Member Board of Directors | Current |
| RE/MAX International, Inc. | President, Member, Board of Directors | Current |
| Remax Real Estate Group - Mo | President | Current |
| Re Max Midwest Real Estate & Appraisal Group | President, Member, Board of Directors | Current |
| The Keremeos Real Estate Co | Executive Vice President, Corporate Development | Current |
| Ethicon, Inc. | Current | |
| Eli Lilly and Company | President | Former |
| Eli Lilly and Company | Executive Vice President, Corporate Development | Former |
| Allen Real Estate, Inc. | Senior Vice President of Marketing | Former |
| Re/Max of Florida | Regional Marketing Representative | Former |
| Re Max Midwest Real Estate & Appraisal Group | Regional Marketing Representative | Former |
| RE/MAX International, Inc. | Regional Marketing Representative | Former |
| The Keremeos Real Estate Co | Regional Marketing Representative | Former |
| Re/Max Sedona | Regional Marketing Representative | Former |
| Johnson & Johnson | Former | |
| The University of Tennessee | B.S. | Former |
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