Early earnings previews from companies reinforce Orthoworld’s belief that the orthopedic market will decline around -10% in 2020. Below they preview some positives from the fourth quarter and the most recent COVID and U.S. jobs data, as well as some early thoughts for 2021.

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There is no question that there is larger distance between European markets today and anytime in recent memory. This had begun before Covid-19 with protectionist trade policies and then continued up to today, as travel restrictions and limitations on visits and shut down much M/A activity, both in Europe and North America. To understand this in greater detail, Chuck Weikel discussed with Göran Brorsson, our European Partner at Middle Branch Partners, about what he is experiencing in the European market.