Re: Medical guesstimates FDA approval

[Guest guest]

I can't find this conference call.

I found some other info at

http://www.wmt.com/Physicians/AdditionalResources.asp#hips

which is pretty good, but no mention of a conference call - ?

> Medical reported their quarterly earnings today and in a conference

> call with investment analysts they said that they are aiming for FDA

> approval for marketing the Conserve Plus resurfacing device in " the latter

> half of 2004 " . Perhaps my estimates of Spring, 2004 have been a shade

> optimistic -- or else they are being conservative, its always better for

> management to report a positive " surprise " than have to explain a slip in

> the schedule.

>

> Also of note, reported an astounding 68% increase in domestic hip

> implant sales in the 3rd quarter of 2003 compared to 2002. The increase

was

> attributed to both the ceramic-on-ceramic hip and to the Conserve

> Metal-on-metal Big Femoral Head THR device. They reported they are getting

> " exceptional acceptance of the ceramic-on-ceramic and metal-on-metal

hips "

> from doctors and now 55-60% of their hips are hard bearings. In my opinion

> this increased acceptance of hard bearings and a reported expansion in the

> total number of surgeons using devices bodes well for the Conserve

> Plus when it is finally rolled out.

>

> This information was in the Q&A portion of the conference call which is

> archived on their website at http://www.wmt.com

>

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[Guest guest]

The conference call is linked under the " corporate " section

of the WMT website.

http://www.wmt.com/Corporate/default.asp

Once there click on " Investor Info " and a " Replay " link is

currently at the top of the page. Beware, its about 90

minutes long and covers a lot of financial info before they

mention regulatory status of new products. If I recall

correctly, the subject is addressed in the first 30 minutes.

Enjoy,

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Re: Medical guesstimates FDA approval

I can't find this conference call.

I found some other info at

http://www.wmt.com/Physicians/AdditionalResources.asp#hips

which is pretty good, but no mention of a conference call - ?

> Medical reported their quarterly earnings today and in a conference

> call with investment analysts they said that they are aiming for FDA

> approval for marketing the Conserve Plus resurfacing device in " the latter

> half of 2004 " . Perhaps my estimates of Spring, 2004 have been a shade

> optimistic -- or else they are being conservative, its always better for

> management to report a positive " surprise " than have to explain a slip in

> the schedule.

>

> Also of note, reported an astounding 68% increase in domestic hip

> implant sales in the 3rd quarter of 2003 compared to 2002. The increase

was

> attributed to both the ceramic-on-ceramic hip and to the Conserve

> Metal-on-metal Big Femoral Head THR device. They reported they are

getting

> " exceptional acceptance of the ceramic-on-ceramic and metal-on-metal

hips "

> from doctors and now 55-60% of their hips are hard bearings. In my

opinion

> this increased acceptance of hard bearings and a reported expansion in the

> total number of surgeons using devices bodes well for the Conserve

> Plus when it is finally rolled out.

>

> This information was in the Q&A portion of the conference call which is

> archived on their website at http://www.wmt.com

>

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