Distributors are increasingly looking to highways instead of railroads for transportation to get around bottlenecks and avoid delays, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 21.
Category: Supply Chain
More than 20% of ASC revenue goes to drugs, medical supplies: 10 findings
Not every ASC is built the same, and the gaps in operating revenue between the smallest and the largest can be tens of millions of dollars.
ASC leaders weigh in on supply chain issues
Even as COVID-19 cases decline nationally, supply chain disruptions related to the pandemic are still hurting ASC’s ability to function.
Young Innovations acquires surgical supplier
Medical supply company Young Innovations is acquiring pharmaceutical and surgical supplier Medical Purchasing Solutions.
5 states with the largest supply of omicron-effective antibody
Nearly 49,000 courses of Eli Lilly’s bebtelovimab — a monoclonal antibody treatment effective against omicron — have been distributed throughout the U.S. since the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the drug Feb. 11.
Family Dollar recalls drugs, devices shipped from rodent-infested Arkansas facility
Family Dollar recalled products shipped to 404 stores after a rodent infestation was discovered in a West Memphis, Ark.-based distribution center.
Most physicians skeptical medical supply chain will be fixed: 4 findings
About 95 percent of U.S. physicians don’t think the vulnerabilities the COVID-19 pandemic revealed will go away, according to recent survey findings.
Government to distribute free masks for kids
The federal government is developing plans to distribute free high-quality face masks for children, according to White House officials.
Many physicians don’t trust medical supply chain: 5 survey findings
About 73 percent of U.S. physicians aren’t confident in the supply chain’s ability to deliver safe, quality medicines, according to recent survey findings.
Feds target supply chain collusion schemes
The Justice Department and FBI have enacted a new initiative to detect and prosecute collusive exploitation of supply chain disruptions, the department said Feb. 16.
