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Agility key to innovation, success during COVID-19 pandemic
1 month ago - By Healio
One panelist cited agility as the reason for his company's success through the COVID-19 pandemic and advised others to be nimble as well.
“Agility is key,” Brad Oliver, Lumenis vice president and regional president, Americas, said at Octane's virtual MedTech Innovation Forum. “That's a driving factor of our success during these times.”
When social distancing protocols initially shut down the trade shows that make up a significant portion of Lumenis' business, the company initially pivoted to using a digital format, which Oliver said, “was
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