What effect has his involvement had internally at Medtronic?
Meehan: If it does anything, it holds our company to an even higher standard. We have a compliance officer in place, and I sit on the committee. We meet once a month with our legal and compliance teams. With every training class at Medtronic Diabetes, I review the seven principles of Medtronic-MiniMed management, one of which is integrity. The sales team is encouraged to be creative in the field to achieve success, but it is never acceptable to cross the line and violate ethical codes, codes of conduct, or business practices. Rooney: One of the things we have learned is that FDA and the Office of Inspector General both respect a legitimate scientific exchange that salespeople can have, and there are ways to do that and ways not to do that. We focus on training reps for that legitimate scientific exchange. Our sales organization has taken time out of the field to spend a couple of days at a time on this issue to ensure everyone understands this concept. Margolies: Our sales team has gon
