Supply Chain

Medical devicemaker Royal Philips said Jan. 30 it will lay off 6,000 employees by 2025, and half of those will be conducted this year. 

The FDA issued draft guidance Jan. 27 to loosen blood donation eligibility rules for gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships.  

Here are eight drug and medical device recalls the FDA recently reported:

The COVID-19 pandemic uprooted the supply chain industry and forced teams to find new approaches to disruptions. 

Here are 10 health systems and hospitals that posted job listings seeking supply chain expertise in the last week. 

The FDA on Jan. 25 announced a class 1 recall of Datascope/Getinge's Cardiosave Hybrid and Rescue Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump after one death and four serious injuries were reported.

While holding up an empty Gatorade bottle, Dan Hurry, chief supply chain officer of Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, explained the biggest problem for the medical supply chain. 

Amanda Chawla, chief supply chain officer at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care, said she is all about innovation and maximizing impact.

After about three years living with the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare supply chain continues to have weak spots, the World Economic Forum wrote Jan. 20. 

The FDA routinely authorizes new medical devices that are similar to previously approved products without requiring clinical testing. This practice, known as the 501(k) pathway and authorized by a legal loophole in the approval process, puts unsafe medical devices on…