Medical device company LumiThera has completed its acquisition of Diopsys, a medical devicemaker for eye care.
Category: Supply Chain
Hospitals grapple with saline shortages
Hospitals nationwide are facing a shortage of common saline products because of supply chain bottlenecks and a large spike in demand amid the omicron surge, Bloomberg reported March 4.
Report calls for improved national medical supply stockpile management: 7 notes
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response should enhance the management of the nation’s Strategic National Stockpile, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine sug…
Pandemic accelerates at home testing development for other medical conditions
Developers are pursuing rapid flu and strep-throat diagnostic products as the pandemic raised consumers’ comfort level with monitoring their own health, The Wall Street Journal reported March 3.
10 systems seeking supply chain talent
Ten health systems have posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
3 indirect threats Russia-Ukraine conflict poses for hospital supplies
The impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on global supply chain operations will likely depend on sanctions applied by the West and retaliation from Russia, according to a new report from Premier.
World’s 1st wireless camera for minimally invasive surgery expected to get FDA nod this year
Cleveland-based medical device startup Lazurite said it expects to have the world’s first wireless camera for minimally invasive surgery approved by the FDA by midyear.
Colorado firm acquires medical supply chain software company
Louisville, Colo.-based Global Healthcare Exchange is acquiring Syft, a Tampa, Fla.-based inventory control and supply chain management software firm, Tampa Business Journal reported March 2.
FDA warns against 3 at-home COVID-19 tests
The FDA issued warnings against using three at-home COVID-19 tests that have not been authorized by the agency over the risk of false results.
Common at-home tests effective at detecting omicron, early study finds
Several widely used rapid antigen at-home COVID-19 tests are effective at detecting omicron, according to preliminary research published Feb. 28 in MedRxiv.
