COVID-19: PPP Loan Program Awarded Up To $1.6Bn To Medtech Firms
Executive Summary
Medical device companies – including Sientra, Endologix and Invacare – won loans from the US government’s Paycheck Protection Program, intended to protect jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. In total, nearly 1,400 device makers collected as much as $1.6bn, according to a Medtech Insight analysis of PPP data.
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