2018 Earnings Spotlight: Stryker And Nuvasive Lead The Ortho Pack In 2018
Executive Summary
Reported sales and earnings from the big publicly traded orthopedics device companies showed mostly slow growth in 2018, but NuVasive and Stryker reported high single-digit growth while, Smith & Nephew grew in the low single-digits, fueling reports that Smith & Nephew may try to buy NuVasive.
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