Supply Chain

Medical device company Medtronic fully acquired Affera, a medtech company based in Newton, Mass., on Aug. 30. 

Here are 13 drug and medical device recalls the FDA reported in August: 

Philips Respironics is recalling 386 bilevel positive airway pressure ventilators because the machines could "release chemicals of concern" related to a "non-compatible material" in its plastic, the FDA said Aug. 29. 

Minneapolis-based devicemaker Medtronic found a 98.7 percent success rate for a defibrillator that isn't on the market in a global, company-sponsored study. The trial's goal was 88 percent. 

HHS is plugging $11 million into a Michigan facility tasked with filling vials with monkeypox vaccine Jynneos, the department said Aug. 29. 

Abbott Nutrition is back to manufacturing Similac, its leading baby formula product, and the company said Aug. 26 it expects to provide it to buyers by mid-October. 

Gulfport, Miss.-based Memorial Health System joined Nashville, Tenn.-based HealthTrust for supply chain resiliency under a multiyear group purchasing agreement. HealthTrust will serve as the health network's exclusive group purchasing organization. 

The federal government plans to halt its program that delivers free, at-home COVID-19 tests on Sept. 2 because of dwindling funds, according to reports from CNN and NBC News. 

The COVID-19 pandemic shoved the nation's weak supply of personal protective equipment into the limelight when hospitals scrambled to grab enough gowns, medical masks and gloves in 2020. More than two years later, N95 respirator masks exited the FDA's medical…

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