Category: Supply Chain

Cardinal Health’s board of directors has elected Jason Hollar as the company’s new CEO, effective Sept. 1. 

The global supply chain could soon step out of the 18-monthslong storm of shortages and high costs, according to the Financial Times. 

The two-decadelong partnership between Mechanicsville, Va.-based healthcare solutions company Owens & Minor and Minneapolis-based Allina Health will refresh the health system’s supply chain resiliency platform. 

Manufacturing company Azenta entered into a definitive agreement to acquire B Medical Systems, a global distributor that supplies products designed to store and transport goods that require cold temperatures, such as some of the COVID-19 vaccines.

To combat the opioid epidemic, nonprofit Remedy Alliance bought 100,000 doses of naloxone, a drug that’s used to reverse opioid overdoses, and community groups have already ordered 43,000 doses, according to The Washington Post.

The nation’s only drug to treat monkeypox is wrapped up in red tape, The New York Times reported Aug. 6.

After the White House declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency Aug. 4, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the agency is considering splitting the two-dose Jynneos monkeypox vaccine into five doses, according to The Hill. 

The Environmental Protection Agency released the names of 23 U.S. locations and territories where medical sterilizer facilities are producing dangerous levels of ethylene oxide, an odorless emission that’s associated with high cancer risks, the agency …