Medtech and COVID-19: 7 things you need to know

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When COVID-19 set upon the U.S. in March, medtech executives only had a month at most to explain to analysts in quarterly calls how the pandemic was hitting their companies — not nearly enough time to understand the long-term impact.

Three more months have passed since those quarterly calls, and we’re now wrapping up a new earnings season. While no one can be 100% sure what the future will hold, medtech executives’ comments — and their companies’ actions — are shedding some light on changes coming to the medtech industry.

Here are seven insights we’ve gleaned at Medical Design & Outsourcing and MassDevice from the latest medtech earnings season.