Winter - Applied Medical's Kii Advanced Fixation cannula is featured in The Reviews in Obstetrics & Gynecology as a "must have" REF and is given an overall score of 5/5.
December - Applied Medical is recognized as one of the top workplaces in Orange County by the Orange County Register. Learn more about Applied's culture and its team members.
June – Applied Medical is named Rancho Santa Margarita’s largest employer in the city’s 2009 Comprehensive Financial Report.
February – Said Hilal, CEO of Applied Medical, speaks at the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging to urge lawmakers to push forward with efforts to draft and enact legislation that permanently reforms unethical “quid pro quo” behavior and restores grants and research funds to their proper and constructive role in the process. Hilal notes that enacting legislation and enforcing existing laws will help benefit patients, hospitals and healthcare, and improve clinical outcomes, plus allow continued competitiveness of innovative U.S. manufacturers in world markets.
September – Said Hilal, CEO of Applied Medical, speaks at joint hearings with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Division on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy about bringing a free market to the medical device industry. Hilal discusses the need to break the “bundle” – a practice used by other medical device manufacturers to prohibit competitive products from entering the market. He notes the importance of manufacturers being able to provide high quality, value-priced, innovative products for better clinical and cost outcomes.
