Supply Chain

As Pfizer anticipates receiving authorization to distribute its COVID-19 vaccine as early as November, it's also finalizing plans to distribute it, The Wall Street Journal reported.  

Wellstar Health System, an 11-hospital system based in Marietta, Ga., has been able to avoid shortages of medical supplies that many hospitals and health systems have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Michael McCullough, senior vice president of supply chain for…

The United Nations Children's Fund is stockpiling hundreds of millions of syringes to ensure enough global supply ahead of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Merck is teaming up with drone startup Volansi to deliver cold chain medicines from Merck's Wilson, N.C., manufacturing site to Vidant Health's Wilson medical center, the companies announced Oct. 20.

A former worker at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn., was charged with stealing nearly $800,000 worth of medical supplies from the hospital and selling them online for his personal benefit, Williamson Source reported. 

States are urging Congress to provide at least $8.4 billion to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine, The Hill reported. 

A group that represents some of the largest employers in New York City issued a report urging the city to develop its own group purchasing organization for hospital supplies as a strategy to improve the city's overall public health system,…

Understanding product availability is crucial to running any successful supply chain model. Recent circumstances have triggered an increase in stockpiling efforts, which has revealed several misconceptions regarding lean supply chains–specifically low or logical unit-of-measure (LUM) ordering and distribution.

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

Leaders of the National Governors Association requested a meeting with President Donald Trump Oct. 15 to discuss the "roles and expectations of states" when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine distribution, The Hill reported.