Pandemic Perspectives: A Lasting Impact On Medtech, But Not Dealmaking

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed health care and the life sciences, KPMG analyst Kristin Pothier concludes in a new report on the medtech investment outlook.

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COVID-19 has had disparate effects on dealmaking and company valuations in medtech.

Companies producing implants and surgical devices saw their revenues temporarily devastated by the pandemic, as patient volumes plummeted last spring....

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