Quick Bio Note: I'm an Engineering leader. I really know this R&D stuff. In my career, my teams developed 75 new implant/instrument systems inside six different orthopedic device companies (joints, spine, trauma, extremities, sports med, and bio).
During the COVID-19 economic downturn, all Orthopedic companies are scrambling to figure out how to best use their assets - Manufacturing, Product Inventory, Sales Force, Marketing, and shared services (IT, HR, Accounting, Customer Service, etc)
An important asset up for discussion is R&D.
The natural tendency during challenging ti...
