Are Heads Starting To Roll at Synthes?

Word on the street is that Hansjoerg Wyss and the Board are beginning their cleanse. No fellow readers, they are not on a 21 day diet. If rumors are correct, it seem that the first to go is Hansjoerg Emch, no, this isn't an ethnic cleanse. Synthes was once a stellar company. They were the "gold standard" in trauma, and actually made some early inroads into spine. Like any legacy company, they became complacent, they became fat, they spent too much time chasing the skirts and smoking cigars, while the other companies focused on Synthes strengths, and took advantage of their weaknesses. They have become a mirrored image of the company they use to make fun of, Xerox, I mean Zimmer.

There is no question that they greatest marketing tool that this company once possessed, AO/ASIF resident and attending training, no longer holds the same weight it once did. Companies like NuVasive have taken it to another level, and, in return they have reaped the benefits. So if any of these rumors are true, there's a hard rain gonna fall on some of the misfits and miscreants that have managed and led this company into mediocrity. You know what TSB always says, "no one likes the truth, it's a bitter pill to swallow." Could this be the company that moves over so NuVasive can climb up the ladder? TSB wants to know what our readers have heard.

PS: If Wyss is listening, fire Birchler's ass or banish him to the Gulag.