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zimmer biomet

ClinicalTrials.gov lists zimmer biomet as lead sponsor of 306 trials, counting the companies grouped under it. zimmer biomet itself has 9 active development programs and 2 approved assets.

US Industry Manufacturer CIK 0001136869
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25 0 1994 2027

Trials started per year with this organization as sponsor or collaborator, 1990 onward. Companies grouped under this one are not included. The series also counts trials where the organization is a collaborator; the lead-sponsor trial count does not.

2026 is partial: 7 registered with a 2026 start date. The hollow diamonds on the dashed line are a forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included: about 8 in 2026 and about 9 in 2027, the average of the 24 months through September, counted as registered and carried forward. The columns, the lighter one included, count trials registered so far with a start date in the year, planned starts included; the forecast looks ahead to the count for the whole year, so it is not the same measure. This method has not been backtested on organizations. In backtests on conditions with as many trial starts a year as this organization (5 to 20), forecasts made part-way through the year were typically off by about 28 percent and ran about 20 percent low against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 39 percent and ran about 37 percent low against the count later registered. These figures rest on a few years of history (target years from 2018 to 2025, varying by figure), place each condition as it is mapped today rather than as it was then, and score against a count for the newest year that was still being revised. Only condition series were scored.

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This page covers zimmer biomet and 7 companies grouped under it: 306 lead-sponsored trials (275 its own, 31 in the grouped companies) and 14 legal-entity registrations (10 its own, 4 in the grouped companies).

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Companies grouped under this page (7)

Shown in this order: most lead trials first.

Companies grouped under this page
Company Lead trials Legal entities
Biomet Orthopedics, LLC 17 0
Paragon 28 (United States) 8 1
Zimmer Orthobiologics, Inc. 5 0
CD Diagnostics 1 0
Biomet France SARL 0 0

Disease areas (104)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Disease areas
Disease area Trials
Osteoarthritis 159
Fractures, Bone 60
Arthritis, Rheumatoid 58
Osteonecrosis 51
Osteoarthritis, Knee 43

Trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator (29)

Shown in this order: most recent first. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year.

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Trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator
Year Trials started
2026 (partial year) 7
2025 10
2024 9
2023 13
2022 22
2021 16
2020 10
2019 14
2018 9
2017 24

Prediction, not a registry value: median of 36 months from start to primary completion across 9 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 48 months across 196 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

Active development programs (9)

Shown in this order: max phase, then active trials.

Active development programs
Drug Disease area Max phase Trials
total knee arthroplasty Osteoarthritis Not reported 4
total knee arthroplasty Osteoarthritis, Knee Not reported 4
total knee arthroplasty Osteonecrosis Not reported 2
total knee arthroplasty Disease Not reported 1
Control (placebo) group Osteoarthritis Not reported 1

Approved assets (2)

Shown in this order: max phase first.

Approved assets
Drug Trials
Corticosteroid (celestone) injection 2
PRP Injection with eccentric exercises 1

Sponsor delivery record (1)

Enrollment hit target: the share of this sponsor's lead-sponsored trials whose actual enrollment reached the planned enrollment. On time: the share whose actual primary completion date was no later than the planned date. Each share counts only trials where we observed an estimated figure before the actual one, and n is that number of trials. Below 5 trials the count is shown as a fraction, not a percentage.

Sponsor delivery record
Enrollment Timeline
33% hit target (n=101) 37% on time (n=106)

Journals published in (153)

Shown in this order: most published in first.

Journals published in
Journal Publications
The Journal of arthroplasty 44
Clinical orthopaedics and related research 29
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 21
The Annals of thoracic surgery 15
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume 11

US granted patents (1)

Patents are not classified by disease area in the source, so this is the organization's overall portfolio, not a split by disease.

US granted patents
US patents granted Granted in the last 5 years Most recent grant
1,407 127 2025-12-23

SEC-reported annual financials (11)

Shown in this order: newest fiscal year first; SEC EDGAR XBRL companyfacts, USD as reported.

SEC-reported annual financials
Fiscal year Revenue (USD) Net income (USD) R&D (USD)
2025 8,231,500,000 705,100,000 458,500,000
2024 7,678,600,000 903,800,000 437,400,000
2023 7,394,200,000 1,024,000,000 458,700,000
2022 6,939,900,000 231,400,000 406,000,000
2021 6,827,300,000 401,600,000 435,800,000
2020 6,127,500,000 -138,900,000 322,800,000
2019 7,982,200,000 1,131,600,000 449,300,000
2018 7,932,900,000 -379,200,000 391,700,000
2017 7,803,300,000 1,813,800,000 369,900,000
2016 7,668,400,000 305,900,000 365,600,000

Financing and grant events (63)

Shown in this order: most recent first.

Financing and grant events
Date Round type Amount (USD) Source
2026-06-26 Debt financing not disclosed Sec extracted
2026-06-26 Debt financing not disclosed Sec extracted
2025-10-07 Other financing not disclosed Sec extracted
2025-09-04 Debt financing not disclosed Sec extracted
2025-07-11 Other financing not disclosed Sec extracted

FDA inspection record (1)

FDA inspection record
Latest classification Inspections
NAI 11

FDA recalls (1,321)

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FDA recalls
Product Classification Initiated
Off-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System Small, Augment, Off-Axis, Reamer Guide, Model/Catalog Number: 110040240 Class II 2026-05-20
Off-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System, Medium, Augment, Off-Axis, Reamer Guide Model/Catalog Number: 110040241 Class II 2026-05-20
Off-Axis Comprehensive Shoulder System, Large, Augment, Off-Axis, Reamer Guide Model/Catalog Number: 110040242 Class II 2026-05-20
Off-Axis Alliance Glenoid, Left, 4-Peg, Augment, Reamer Guide, Model/Catalog Number: 110040444 Class II 2026-05-20
Off-Axis Alliance Glenoid, Right, 4-Peg, Augment, Reamer Guide, Model/Catalog Number: 110040476 Class II 2026-05-20

FDA import refusals (1)

FDA import refusals
Refused import lines Latest refusal
23 2018-10-23

Manufacturing and distribution sites (1)

Manufacturing and distribution sites
Facility Location Regulators Member organization
ZIMMER, INC. WARSAW, US FDA

Climate targets, as filed (1)

Climate targets, as filed
Reporting year Net-zero target
2025 not disclosed

Workforce and board diversity, as filed (1)

Workforce and board diversity, as filed
Reporting year Workforce % women Board % women
2025 not disclosed not disclosed

Organization relationships (7)

Shown in this order: most evidence first.

Organization relationships
Related organization Relationship Evidence
Biomet U.K. Ltd. Co sponsors trial with 2
Aarhus University Hospital Co sponsors trial with 2
Zimmer (Portugal) Parent of 1
University of Aarhus Co sponsors trial with 1
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust Co sponsors trial with 1

Latest dated events (3,217)

Shown in this order: newest first.

Latest dated events
Date Event Source
2026-12-28 Trial started Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI))
2026-09 Trial started Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI))
2026-07-23 Trial started Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI))
2026-06-26 Debt facility Funding rounds and grants (NIH RePORTER + SEC EDGAR)
2026-06-26 Debt facility Funding rounds and grants (NIH RePORTER + SEC EDGAR)

Biomarker capability evidence (76)

Shown in this order: tier desc, then gene symbol.

Biomarker capability evidence
Gene Role Evidence
AKR1C1 Trial sponsor Named in trial inclusion criteria
AKR1C1 Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria
ATM Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria
CRP Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria
IDE Trial sponsor Named in trial inclusion criteria

Not on this page

Checked, with nothing recorded for this organization: related companies not grouped here, fda warning letters, fda untitled letters, clia clinical laboratory certificates, and biomarkers this organization publishes on.