Supply Chain
New research from Advisory Board, conducted in partnership with Staples Business, reveals how 102 health system supply chain and executive…
Johnson & Johnson is now the sole owner of Verb Surgical, a devicemaker it created in collaboration with Verily in 2015, according to MedTech Dive.
London medical device-maker LivaNova is recalling a system that treats adults and children over 4 years old with partial onset seizures that haven't responded to epilepsy medications.
Smiths Medical, a Minneapolis-based medical device-maker, is recalling its Medfusion syringe pumps after discovering a software issue that could cause the pumps' low battery alarms to stop working.
The FDA sent a warning letter to Conformis, a Billerica, Mass.-based devicemaker specializing in knee implants, citing sterilization issues with the company's knee replacement systems, according to MedTech Dive.
A Delaware court ruled Dec. 18 that Boston Scientific cannot terminate its $275 million acquisition of Channel Medsystems, though it tried to do so in 2018, according to MedTech Dive.
Stericycle no longer plans to build a medical waste incinerator in North Las Vegas, Waste Dive reported Dec. 19.
Amazon stopped allowing sellers to use FedEx for Amazon Prime deliveries earlier in the week, but did not say what prompted the decision. Forbes reported Dec. 19 that the decision was due to FedEx's decline in on-time delivery performance.
Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
A supply manager at a Kentucky hospital was charged Dec. 17 with stealing medical supplies from the hospital and selling them online, according to WSAZ.
The FDA Dec. 17 classified Medtronic's recall of its implanted drug pumps as Class I, the most serious type of recall, according to MassDevice.