Supply Chain

While physicians say long-term reversible birth control can lead to better health outcomes for new mothers, hospitals often face financial barriers when rolling out these programs, according to The Dallas Morning News.

About 41 percent of the FDA's employees will be furloughed if President Donald Trump and lawmakers cannot agree on a spending bill by Dec. 21 at midnight, reports Regulatory Focus.

The FDA continued to build on the digital health groundwork it laid last year, greenlighting new technologies and expanding a streamlined approval process for software vendors in 2018.

Amazon quietly launching an exclusive over-the-counter product line piqued readers' attention the most in 2018.

Biosimilars, or highly similar but not exact alternatives to biologic drugs, are creating new cost-saving opportunities for health system pharmacies.

Johnson & Johnson is defending its products and practices after a Reuters investigation found the company knew small amounts of cancer-causing asbestos lurked in its baby powder for decades, but hid that information from regulators and the public, Reuters reports.

Southern Colorado hospitals have been closing their blood donation centers, but the blood transfusion company Vitalant is now taking care of patients with blood needs, according to KKTV 11.

Healthcare supply chains are moving towards more patient-focused operations in response to several trends.

Walmart signed a three-year contract extension with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, which will allow Express Scripts' covered members to access Walmart's prescription services.

A recent article by Premier Inc. reviews survey results focused on health systems' interest in value-based contracting.