Category: Supply Chain

MultiCare to deliver medical supplies via drone

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System has partnered with drone delivery company Zipline to transport medical supplies to hospitals, labs and physician offices across the system.

For $75M, Medtronic to team up with CathWorks on device promotion

Medical device manufacturer Medtronic is poised to invest $75 million to co-promote CathWorks’ artificial intelligence device that diagnoses coronary artery disease and detects its physiologic effects. 

FYI: 5 supply chain updates

Here are five ASC supply chain updates published by Becker’s since July 7:

Baby formula supply teeters at 70%: 3 shortage updates

Despite federal efforts to boost infant formula production, supply rates in five states dropped below 60 percent and the nationwide rate recently dipped 7 percentage points, Bloomberg reported July 8. 

Blood banks grapple with summer slowdown amid historic blood crisis

With the impending summer dip in donors, blood centers across the U.S. face a tall hurdle during a national blood shortage. 

As monkeypox cases rise to 700, US orders 144K more vaccines

With the World Health Organization scrambling to reevaluate the outbreak and cases racking up in the U.S., the HHS ordered 144,000 monkeypox vaccines and said it plans to deploy the doses by July 11. 

Contrast dye shortage will last until September, AHA leader says

The global shortage of iodinated contrast dye, which has forced hospitals to postpone CT scans and other imaging procedures since May, will last until the end of September, the American Hospital Association’s senior director of supply chain told Becker…

FDA updates resiliency plan to address baby formula shortage

In response to one factory’s shutdown and the resulting monthslong baby formula shortage, the FDA set its sights to import more infant formula from other countries with an updated guidance July 6. 

6 recent drug, device recalls

Here are six drug and device recalls that have been reported to the FDA since mid-June:

Plastic shortage restricts medical device supply

Medical manufacturers warn the rising cost of raw materials such as plastic can hinder hospital supply, Bloomberg reported July 5.