Category: Supply Chain

Minneapolis-based Medtronic recalled 1,614 pump implants developed for the company’s HeartWare ventricular assist device, which the FDA deemed a class 1 recall, the highest level, June 8. 

After failing to pass another COVID-19 relief package, the federal government is veering off course and investing $10 billion for vaccines and the antiviral treatment Paxlovid originally marked for tests and personal protective equipment, The New York …

Technology research firm Gartner ranked 55 supply chain undergraduate programs and graded the top 25 in North America. 

With a $150 million check, medical supply company Health Supply US will break ground in Greenville, S.C., with a new Glove One factory. 

President Joe Biden’s Operation Fly Formula tacked on a fifth flight to import baby formula amid the national shortage. The plane from Cologne, Germany, will land on a runway in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 9. 

Philips Respironics recalled all V60 and V60 Plus Ventilators on June 3 over a power issue that may cause the devices to shut down without an alarm.

As the number of confirmed monkeypox national cases creeps up to 25 across 12 states as of June 5, the HHS has a stockpile of about 36,000 monkeypox vaccine doses, according to CNBC. 

Biopharmaceutical company Pfizer will manufacture materials for the antiviral drug Paxlovid in Kalamazoo, Mich., after a $120 million investment for the treatment’s first stateside factory.

The catalyst for the national baby formula shortage, Abbott’s plant in Sturgis, Mich., restarted production June 4 after a monthslong closure due to contamination.