Supply Chain

Amazon, CVS Health and Thermo Fisher Scientific have come together to form a coalition promoting employer-based COVID-19 testing as part of a national strategy to combat the pandemic. 

The Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order that imposes conditions on Stryker's $4 billion acquisition of competitor Wright Medical Group.

American Medical Depot, a medical products supplier based in Miramar, Fla., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Dec. 11, according to the South Florida Business Journal. 

When it comes to supply chain initiatives in the OR and other procedural areas, a cost savings story alone without an evidence-based approach is unlikely to earn the support of clinicians.

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

An at-home COVID-19 test that requires no prescription or laboratory could be in U.S. drugstores by February, according to CNBC. 

The FDA has authorized Abbott's BinaxNOW COVID-19 test for at-home use. The test was previously authorized for use by a trained professional only. 

In September, California passed a law that will require all hospitals in the state to maintain three-month stockpiles of new, unexpired and unused personal protective equipment starting in April. The law was created in response to widespread shortages of PPE…

People with rare diseases who often had to wear personal protective gear before the COVID-19 pandemic are now struggling to get it due to the pandemic, according to a survey by the National Organization for Rare Disorders.

The FDA granted emergency approval Dec. 15 for the first fully at-home COVID-19 diagnostic test, which doesn't need a prescription and doesn't need to be sent to a lab.