Ethicon

In 2005, she was appointed head of a J&J surgical subsidiary called Ethicon and head of the medical-devices division in Latin America.

J&J Veteran to Lead Drug Unit 2008

Ethicon, which is J&J's surgical-device business, said Tuesday it granted One Equity Partners exclusive negotiating rights after "a competitive bidding process" for the unit, which generated 2007 net sales of about $270 million.

J&J in Talks to Sell Wound-Care Line 2008

Ethicon linked this issue to a contract manufacturer, but declined to name the company.

J&J's Ethicon Unit Recalls Products Jon Kamp 2011

"Hospitals today are requiring us to provide clinical and economic justification for our products," Karen Licitra , who heads J&J's Ethicon Endo-Surgery medical device unit, told investors last year.

Synthes Is Seen as a Fit for J&J Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011

Ethicon posted total sales of $4.5 billion last year, while J&J posted overall sales of $61.6 billion.

J&J's Ethicon Unit Recalls Products Jon Kamp 2011

J&J doesn't make sales data available for the Ethicon products.

J&J's Ethicon Unit Recalls Products Jon Kamp 2011

"We did everything that we were asked to do," says Mike Gustafson , who oversees the Sedasys program at J & J's Ethicon Endo-Surgery unit.

J Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011

"We take full accountability for our supply chain," Ethicon spokeswoman Barbara Montresor said Thursday.

J&J's Ethicon Unit Recalls Products Jon Kamp 2011

"The use of surgical mesh has an established track record and the 510k process has really enabled good learning and medical advances in this field," said Matthew Johnson, a spokesman for J&J's Ethicon subsidiary.

FDA Panel Takes Second Look Shirley S. Wang 2011

Johnson & Johnson 's Ethicon unit is recalling about 360,000 units of products used to drain surgical wounds because it determined following customer complaints that the sterile barrier on packaging could be compromised.

J&J's Ethicon Unit Recalls Products Jon Kamp 2011