Author: Alan Condon

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the strengths of Canada's health system, former Cigna executive Wendell Potter said in an interview with NPR.

Medical device company SpineGuard has completed the first procedures with its DSG Connect system, according to a June 29 announcement.

Medical device company Nexxt Spine is seeking to hire employees across a range of departments, including manufacturing, regulatory, marketing and logistics.

Regenerative medicine company Aziyo Biologics on June 29 launched OsteoGro V, a viable cell bone matrix to assist with bone repair.

Here are 19 spine facilities that opened or will open this year:

Medtronic Canada has been recognized in the 2020 list of Best Workplaces in Ontario, according to a June 25 announcement.

Manhattan (Kan.) Surgical Hospital is now offering spine and neurosurgery thanks to the addition of two surgeons, The Mercury reports.

Medical technology company Brainlab on June 29 acquired Level Ex, a Chicago-based startup that develops video games to improve physicians' clinical skills.

Synthes Gmbh, a Johnson and Johnson medical device company, on June 29 renewed a five-year corporation agreement with the AO Foundation, a global network of surgeons.

More patients are going to clinicians but outpatient volumes are still 40 percent below what they were before COVID-19, according to a study published in The Commonwealth Fund.