Supply Chain

Intalere entered a group purchasing agreement for laboratory distribution services with Medline through 2021.

The hospital and health system supply chain is under more pressure than ever before to improve efficiency, control costs and support quality outcomes. As healthcare shifts to a value-based care model, supply chain managers can look at four specific areas…

Four drugs or medical devices approved by the FDA since Jan. 11:

Healthcare saw some of its biggest deals in 2018. Looking into 2019, mergers and acquisitions are forecasted to remain dominate.

Medline, a medical supply manufacturer and distributor based in Chicago, plans to build  a warehouse distribution facility in North Carolina, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

After receiving 27,000 fewer donations than needed to sustain blood supply, the American Red Cross issued an urgent call for donors, according to Ozarks First.

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The FDA has drafted a new regulatory framework outlining how it wants to review digital health products, based on a pilot program the agency rolled out in 2017.

GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the shingles vaccine Shingrix that has been in short supply, told customers Jan. 10 that more shipments of the vaccine are on the way to U.S. pharmacies, according to WebMD.

CardioDx, a 16-year-old medical diagnostics company based in Redwood City, Calif., is shutting down after the federal Medicare program rescinded coverage of its heart disease blood test in several states, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.