Category: Supply Chain

Medtronic has canceled a $738 million deal to acquire the wearable insulin pump maker EOFlow Co., according to a Dec. 6 Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

In 2017, Las Vegas hospitals treated victims from a mass shooting that killed 60 people and injured more than 400. In the aftermath, emergency response crews needed more of one crucial item: a Sharpie. 

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth has picked Medline for both its physician office and post-acute care vendor agreements.

The healthcare supply chain industry has evolved over the last 15 years in five significant ways, Eric O’Daffer, a Gartner research vice president, wrote in a Dec. 4 piece in Supply Chain Management Review. 

At least 60 million syringes and infusion pumps are in turmoil as the FDA investigates China-made plastic syringes that changed dimensions. 

As the FDA investigates reports of China-made syringes breaking and leaking, the agency is recommending healthcare workers prioritize syringes manufactured in other countries. 

Ronald Silverman, MD, the former chief of plastic surgery at Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical Center, will become the chief medical officer of Becton Dickinson on Dec. 4. 

The White House is pressing suppliers to meet the demand “with a sense of urgency” after drugmakers underestimated the demand for Beyfortus, the first respiratory syncytial virus drug for children.

The Biden administration announced Nov. 27 that it plans to broaden the capabilities of the HHS to allow it to make further investments in domestic production of critical medicines and medical supplies.