Amherst, N.Y.-based Excelsior Orthopaedics is rethinking its business strategy and postponing plans for a new facility over projected financial losses related to COVID-19, Buffalo Business First reports. By Angie Stewart - 3/20/20

On March 19, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Martin County, Fla., but the head of Cleveland Clinic Florida insists the health system is prepared for the outbreak, according to TC Palm. By Alan Condon - 3/20/20

NanoFUSE Biologics on March 16 appointed Jake Lubinski as CEO. By Alan Condon - 3/20/20

The medical technology giants are feeling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic including giants in the orthopedic space such as Johnson & Johnson, Stryker, Medtronic and Zimmer Biomet. By Laura Dyrda - 3/20/20

Neurosurgeon Brian Gantwerker, MD, has been in private practice for nine years as president and CEO of The Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles in Santa Monica and Encino, Calif.  By Alan Condon - 3/19/20

Despite a 33 percent drop in value since the end of 2019, Globus Medical is in a position to leverage its assets and acquire companies in this depressed market, according to Benzinga. By Eric Oliver - 3/19/20

Regenerative medicine therapies hold much potential in the orthopedic space, despite the lack of comprehensive knowledge around the therapies. Here, Anika Therapeutics interim CEO Cheryl Blanchard, PhD, explains how the company plans to approach the biologics market. By Eric Oliver - 3/19/20

Valence, France-based orthopedic implant developer Amplitude Surgical is reducing production due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. By Alan Condon - 3/19/20

Ken Yamada on March 19 was appointed president and CEO of AxioMed, a spine device and subsidiary of private investment holding company KICVentures. By Alan Condon - 3/19/20

NuVasive issued an urgent field safety notice Feb. 13 recalling its Magec System Model X rods for patients with early onset scoliosis. By Alan Condon - 3/19/20

Medtronic will double its global ventilator production to support the needs of patients and health systems amid the COVID-19 pandemic. By Alan Condon - 3/19/20

Precision Spine on March 19 launched the SureLOK MIS 3L percutaneous screw system. By Alan Condon - 3/19/20

Ezriel Kornel, MD, director of The Orthopedic and Spine Institute at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y., has been self-isolating since March 13 when he tested positive for COVID-19, reports lohud, an affiliate of The USA Today Network. By Alan Condon - 3/19/20

After CMS Administrator Seema Verma urged hospitals to cancel elective surgeries, many did and have shifted resources to treating COVID-19 patients. By Laura Dyrda - 3/19/20

Zimmer Biomet on March 10 issued an urgent field safety notice to European hospitals requesting the removal of the company's StageOne and StageOne Select bone cement spacer molds. By Alan Condon - 3/18/20

In November 2018, NuVasive appointed J. Christopher Barry to succeed Gregory Lucier as CEO. By Alan Condon - 3/18/20

Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics plans to keep its 24 locations open as it combats the COVID-19 pandemic. By Eric Oliver - 3/18/20

With five fully staffed clinics in operation, Georgia Spine & Orthopaedics is offering to care for patients whose elective hospital procedures were canceled or delayed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a March 18 statement posted online. By Angie Stewart - 3/18/20

A person drove their car into the side of Pain and Spine Specialists of Idaho in Idaho Falls, EastIdahoNews.com reports. By Eric Oliver - 3/18/20

Here are 10 key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies: By Eric Oliver - 3/18/20