Supply Chain

Global medical supply manufacturer and distributor Medline acquired Montreal-based medical supply company Dufort et Lavigne Ltée.

Medical device maker Stryker has approached its rival Boston Scientific with a takeover bid, a move that would create a combined company with a market value of more than $110 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The American Red Cross has launched the Missing Types campaign to encourage new and returning donors to give blood in an effort to alleviate a shrinking donor base.

U.S. News & World Report and Pharmacy Times, released their annual list of top recommended health products.

Novo Nordisk, a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Denmark, is thinking about slashing 3,000 jobs from its global workforce and reducing its long-term financial outlook, according to an Endpoints News report.

Although President Donald Trump promised May 31 pharmaceutical companies would announce "massive" drug price cuts, drugmaker Bayer increased the list prices of two cancer drugs by more than $1,000 per month, according to The Washington Post.

The FDA on June 7 filed a complaint in federal court against a company claiming its hand sanitizers and antiseptic rubs can protect against various infectious diseases, including Ebola and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Here are the three latest drugs approved by the FDA since June 1.

The University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle partners with Stryker's Sustainability Solutions division to save on medical device purchases and divert waste from landfills by reprocessing single-use medical devices.

When thinking of ways to reduce costs, improve efficiency and incorporate data into processes, three words come to mind: supply chain management.