Amid major spine medtech spinoffs, acquisitions and mergers over recent years, innovation in the medtech field has been challenged, Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD, told Becker’s. “We basically have about five big players in med tech,” Dr. Sekhon said. “Interesting things are…
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