Zimmer: Surprised By Biomet Quality Problems, But Responded Before FDA Arrived
Executive Summary
Zimmer Biomet's response to a US FDA Form-483 says the firm was unaware of the quality systems woes at the targeted Biomet Warsaw, Ind., plant before its 2015 acquisition of the company. But, it emphasized, comprehensive fixes were in the works even before the 2016 agency inspection that generated more than a dozen substantive observations took place.
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