Category: Supply Chain

Health systems that are not prepared for “supply shocks” can face reputational and financial losses and quality care issues, according to a July 11 article from McKinsey. 

Megadyne, a medical device company owned by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division, recalled 21,000 electrosurgical pads after receiving 63 reports of burn injuries, the FDA said July 11. 

Four years after the FDA said there could be a higher risk of death with paclitaxel-coated devices used for peripheral arterial disease, the agency concluded July 11 the evidence does not support this possibility. 

Guilford, Maine-based Puritan Medical Products, a supplier of medical swabs, issued a WARN notice June 28 regarding the closure of its Portland, Tenn., manufacturing plant as well as one in Pittsfield, Maine, according to documents.

Lumos Diagnostics has received FDA clearance to market a rapid diagnostic test meant to support clinicians in determining when to prescribe antibiotics for acute respiratory infections.

Parkview Health, a 10-hospital system based in Fort Wayne, Ind., won the Top Supply Chain Projects Award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive for synchronizing its pharmacy and supply chain processes.

Medline’s CEO, COO and president will leave their roles and join the board of directors in October, the medical supply company said June 28. 

Teleflex, a global medical supplier with its U.S. operations based in Morrisville, N.C., recalled more than a quarter of a million catheter systems after 83 complaints, 18 injuries and zero deaths were reported.