1. Zimmer Biomet aims to spin off its spine and dental units to create a new company.
2. Alphatec relocated to a 120,000-square-foot headquarters in Carlsbad, Calif.
3. DePuy Synthes teamed with Expanding Innovations to distribute the X-Pac expandable cage.
4. Royal Philips introduced an augmented reality system for spine surgery.
5. Medtronic and Stryker were named on Fortune’s “2021 World’s Most Admired Companies” list.
6. NuVasive added Siddhartha Kadia, PhD, to its board of directors.
7. CTL Amedica’s Flex Tower was implanted in a patient in a spine surgery performed by Dalip Pelinkovic, MD.
8. Bioventus launched its initial public offering.
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