The U.S. has opened a manufacturing facility in Dallas, N.C., to increase domestic production of pipette tip materials, which are widely used in diagnostics and life sciences. The new facility will produce 1,210 tons of Carbon Black each month —…
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A federal judge has tripled damages to $442 million in an antitrust case against Johnson & Johnson’s medical device unit Biosense Webster, after a California jury previously found the company illegally restricted access to support services when using reprocessed catheters,…
Owens & Minor, a healthcare supply company, said June 5 it mutually agreed to end its planned acquisition of Rotech Healthcare, a home medical equipment company. The $1.36 billion cash transaction was called off due to what the company described…
Medline has signed a new distribution agreement with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center to become the health system’s prime vendor for medical-surgical supplies. Under the agreement, Medline is set to deliver products and supply services to more than…
Smiths Medical has issued a Class I recall for certain CADD-Solis and CADD-Solis VIP ambulatory infusion pumps due to multiple issues that could interrupt or delay medication delivery. The FDA classified the recalls as the most serious type, stating that…
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Amneal Pharmaceuticals has recalled three lots of sulfamethoxazole and trimethropin tablets, USP, 400 mg/80 mg after reports of black spots on the tablets due to microbial contamination. The contamination may contain the fungus Aspergillus, which can cause serious infections, particularly…
A new FDA artificial intelligence tool designed to streamline medical device reviews is faltering in its early rollout stages, raising concerns for agency staff and ethics experts about its performance, NBC News reported June 3. Here are four notes:
Morgantown, W.Va.-based West Virginia Health System and Owens & Minor, a healthcare logistics company, have opened a distribution center near WVU Medicine’s flagship campus. The distribution center has robotics and order fulfillment technology designed to improve supply chain efficiency, according…
President Donald Trump’s comprehensive tariffs might be stymied by a legal argument the Supreme Court employed to former initiatives put forth by President Joe Biden’s administration, Bloomberg reported May 31. Here are four notes:
Texas-based medical provider TenderHeart Health Outcomes has partnered with Medline to expand its home delivery of medical supplies. Under the new agreement, TenderHeart will use Medline’s Home Direct program to ship medical products directly to patients, according to a May…