Supply Chain

Roche said that problems with a move to a new warehouse in the U.K. have led to a "very significant" drop in its COVID-19 test supply capacity, BBC reported. 

Washington, D.C., is seeking a spike in COVID-19 testing demand after an outbreak of the virus at the White House, NPR reported. 

The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it unprecedented demand for medical supplies, from protective personal equipment to ventilators. Early on, health systems struggled to keep their hospitals stocked amid high global demand and had to develop creative strategies to handle shortages. 

Every year in October, National Healthcare Supply Chain Week aims to increase awareness of the vital work that supply chain professionals perform every day.

Medtronic said Sept. 30 it will acquire Avenu Medical, a device maker based in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. 

A COVID-19 at-home test that relies on saliva could be as effective as a vaccine in curbing the spread of the virus, according to some experts, but companies developing the tests told The New York Times that the technology needed…

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

The Justice Department has opened an antitrust probe of Medtronic's acquisition of a competitor, which some lawmakers have tied to a shortage of ventilators early in the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported. 

The federal government has sent free rapid COVID-19 testing machines to 14,000 nursing homes across the country, but leaders of those facilities told The New York Times that the machines come with unexpected financial burdens and that they're still plagued…

Deployment of rapid COVID-19 antigen tests to facilities around the country has been hindered by poor communication, false results and a lack of planning, state leaders told The Washington Post.