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The global minimally invasive surgical device market is predicted to exceed $18 billion by 2021, medGadget reports.

James Andrews, MD, scoped the left knee of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford, ESPN reports.

Here are nine device company mergers, acquisitions and agreements.

St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City became the second hospital to use Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS to perform spinal fusions, according to Desert News.

Pediatric neurologist and lieutenant governor Ralph Northam, MD, won Virginia governor's race over Republican Ed Gillespie, according to The Washington Post.

David Abraham, MD, is a spine surgeon at The Reading Neck and Spine Center in Wyomissing, Pa.

Stephen Murphy, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital.

Orlando, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Hospital researchers studied the impact of a new medication nusinersen on infants with severe spinal muscular atrophy.

Amgen is investing in Fortuna Fix, a Canadian stem cell company, according to Endpoints News.

The global interventional spine devices market is set to grow at a 10.5 percent compound annual growth rate through 2021, according to Newshawk Time.