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Ethicon Inc.

is in the Health Care Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$300.0M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

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 Donato
Number of Employees 749
Contact Information

655 Ethicon Cir

Cornelia, Georgia 30531

www.ethicon.com

1 706 778 2281

NAICS Code Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing: 339112

News & Analysis

ethicon inc. - All News and Analysis

  • Inion

    - 2007-07-09

    David Follows has become the new chief commercial officer cco for Inion. He has held various positions within the sales and marketing operations at Ethicon for the past 20 years, most recently managing director, Ethicon Endo-Surgery UK.

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  • Wrongful Death Verdict Raises Issue of Stomach Stapler's Safety

    - 2007-06-22

    To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORSContact: Alan Perer of SPK, +1-412-281-1970, or Danielle Elderkin of Cover Story Communications, 800-928-6613, ext. 1, or danielle@coverstorycom.com, for Swensen Perer & Kontos PITTSBURGH, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 25, 2007, a jury awarded $5 million to the family of a Western Pennsylvania woman who died...

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  • MTF, Ethicon, Inc., sign marketing agreement for FlexHD Acellular Dermal Matrix

    - 2007-05-01

    The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation MTF and Ethicon, Inc., announced they have signed an exclusive marketing agreement for marketing FlexHD Acellular Dermal Matrix, a unique acellular matrix derived from donated human allograft skin. The companies say FlexHD provides exceptional biomechanical strength, is resistant to stretching, and has the added benefit...

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  • Sheri McCoy Elected to FIRST Board of Directors

    - 2007-02-05

    MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Sheri McCoy, Johnson & Johnson Company Group Chairman responsible for the worldwide Ethicon franchise, has been elected to the board of directors of FIRST For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. "Sheri brings an incredible wealth of engineering and leadership experience to our board," said...

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  • Currently, the Ethicon Medical Device Company Has Five Business Units That Operate Under the Ethicon Umbrella.

    - 2007-01-10

    M2 PRESSWIRE-10 January 2007-Research and Markets: Currently, the Ethicon Medical Device Company Has Five Business Units That Operate Under the Ethicon UmbrellaC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11012007 Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c48183) has announced the addition of Ethicon Medical Device...

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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.

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Ethicon, Inc. Managing Director Current
Patient Safety Board Board of Directors Current

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Pacific Laparoscopy Program Director Current
Ethicon, Inc. Consultant Current

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Ethicon, Inc. Finance Executive Current

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Edge-Pdc Corporate Vice President Current
Edge Medica Corporate Vice President Current
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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.

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