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Surgeon-designer of ASR was paid $20m

The surgeon, Thomas Schmalzried, also told jurors in state court in Los Angeles yesterday that he made $3.6 million in royalties on the ASR hip. Since 2000, DePuy has paid him $20 million, mostly for work on other devices, Schmalzried said.  Latest development in the DePuy ASR court case in the USA, story from Bloomberg.

Last modified: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:54:30 GMT