Supply Chain

Six lawsuits and settlements involving medical suppliers, as reported by Becker's Hospital Review in 2021: 

Nephron Pharmaceuticals, a drugmaker based in West Columbia, S.C., said July 15 that it is launching a new company, called Nephron Nitrile, to produce medical-grade gloves and shore up the domestic personal protective equipment supply chain. 

Ten health systems have posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:

Nontraditional manufacturers have used 3D printing to deliver millions of medical supplies, such as masks, face shields and other medical devices, over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to reduce supply shortages, according to a report released by the…

A federal jury has convicted the owners of two Texas-based medical supply companies on charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., to pay and receive healthcare kickbacks and to commit money-laundering. 

Premier and Honeywell have partnered to expand domestic production of nitrile exam gloves, the companies said July 13. 

The equipment and supplies unit of Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon HealthCare struck a joint-venture deal with Dasco Home Medical Equipment, a Westerville, Ohio-based maker of durable medical equipment.

To impact costs around product usage, the supply chain needs support from clinicians.

New York City's comptroller, Scott Stringer, has sued the city and Mayor Bill de Blasio, claiming an emergency executive order signed by the mayor during the height of the pandemic that allowed him to bypass normal procurement procedures has led…

Alere, a medical device company acquired by Abbott in 2017, has agreed to pay $38.75 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly billed Medicare for defective testing devices, the U.S. Justice Department said July 8.