Anika Therapeutics made its interim CEO and president Cheryl Blanchard, PhD, permanent April 26, the company announced.
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Oren Gottfried, MD, is professor of neurosurgery and clinical vice chair of quality in the department of neurosurgery at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C. He is also past-president of the North Carolina Spine Society,
Aurora Spine, a Toronto, Canada-based spinal implant manufacturer, on April 27 received loan proceeds of $450,877 under the Paycheck Protection Program, as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
CMS has suspended advance Medicare payments to Part B suppliers, including physicians, other medical professionals and durable medical equipment suppliers, and is reevaluating accelerated payments to hospitals.
Medtronic Executive Chairman Omar Ishrak recently appeared on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" to discuss COVID-19 and resuming medical procedures for non-urgent, non-COVID-19 patients.
Stryker reported executive pay reductions in an SEC filing on April 27 due to the pandemic.
There have been five big orthopedic and spine practice mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of 2020.
A Johnson & Johnson spinal engineer recently 3D-printed 350 face shields for healthcare workers in Pennsylvania, Chestnut Hill Local reports.
James Ficke, MD, director of orthopedic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, is supervising operations at a 250-bed field hospital in the city.
Big Thunder Orthopedics in Ontario, Canada, is offering a nasal photodisinfection technology to protect staff from contracting COVID-19.