Category: Supply Chain

McKesson to close New York plant, lay off 26 in November

McKesson Medical-Surgical plans to close a Rochester, N.Y.-based plant and lay off 26 of the 38 employees who work there by Nov. 3, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification. 

BD to sell surgical devices business, 3 manufacturing facilities

Becton Dickinson plans to sell its surgical devices business and three manufacturing plants as part of a divestment planned for the end of 2023. 

Becton, Dickinson to sell surgical instrument unit to Steris in $540M deal

Medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Co. plans to sell its surgical instrumentation platform to Steris, a medical device company, for $540 million.

Cardinal Health to construct new distribution center in South Carolina

Cardinal Health plans to build a new distribution center in Greenville, S.C., that, at 350,000 square feet, will be the biggest site dedicated to its at-home solutions business. 

Is there a place for Mark Cuban's pharmacy among hospitals? 

AHIP President and CEO Matt Eyles posed a question to Cost Plus Drugs CEO and co-founder Alex Oshmyansky, MD, PhD, on June 13 at the insurance trade group’s conference in Portland, Ore.: “Is there a role for Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. in terms of ho…

10 biggest medical device recalls in 2023

The first half of 2023 has seen 19 medical device recalls. Here are the 10 biggest recalls listed in chronological order:

Missouri system expands partnership with Medline

Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach, Mo., has tapped Medline as the sole supplier of its medical and surgical supplies.

Healthcare supply trade group awards 9 suppliers for transparency, resiliency

The Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative, a trade group involving about 50 health systems and hospitals, handed transparency partner badges to nine companies for their “continuous efforts and commitment to supply chain transparency and resilien…

Labor issues at West Coast ports could cause supply chain disruptions

Labor disagreements between West Coast port operators and workers may create waves of supply disruptions, The Hill reported June 9. 

Post-COVID challenges linger for supply chain leaders

Although the public health emergency ended May 11, healthcare supply chain executives are still reeling from the havoc brought on by the pandemic and navigating solutions.