Zimmer Keeps Women Waiting For Gender-Specific Knee; Q3 Sales Growth Suffers
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Zimmer's inability to meet demand for its Gender Solutions high-flex knee replacement due to constrained manufacturing capacity was among factors limiting the firm's third-quarter knee sales growth to 8%, according to the company
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Knees for the ladies
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