To find out what resilience means and what strategies supply chain hospital leaders should take, Becker’s spoke with William Weinstein, a McKinsey partner who’s one of the leaders who serves healthcare providers with external spend, and Drew Ungerman, …
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.
Supply chain developments reported by Becker’s since Aug. 2:
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.
UPS will acquire healthcare logistics provider Bomi Group, the shipping company said Aug. 8.
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.
