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As Zimmer has disclosed publicly on numerous occasions, we support transparency initiatives relating to financial arrangements and collaboration between industry and healthcare professionals. In particular, we continue to encourage efforts to enact Federal legislation that requires the reporting of physician payments in a way that protects the important collaboration between manufacturers and physicians. We believe such legislation should institute a uniform reporting requirement nationwide that will provide patients with relevant information concerning these financial arrangements.
Over the past year, Zimmer has supported the efforts of Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) to enact such legislation. Zimmer provided comments on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 (S.301) introduced by Senators Kohl and Grassley. We continue to closely monitor developments concerning this proposed legislation and we will take steps to put in place processes to comply with applicable Federal legislation or other disclosure laws.
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