Supply Chain

Facing ongoing pressure to reduce costs, hospitals and health systems are looking more closely at their supply chains as a source of significant, additional savings.

The FDA approved Novartis' cell therapy Kymriah to treat an additional type of blood cancer, the drugmaker announced May 1.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi will lower the price of their cholesterol drug Praluent by up to $9,500 annually for Express Scripts customers. In return, Express Scripts will grant the drugmakers easier access to patients, the companies announced May 1.

The FDA cleared 3M's Attest Super Rapid Biological Indicator System for Steam, the company announced April 30.

St. Louis-based Ascension, the largest private nonprofit health system in the U.S., entered into a global supply chain joint venture with Ramsay Health Care Limited, a private hospital operator based in Sydney, Australia.

Amazon's retreat from drug distribution most captured readers' attention in April.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, unveiled plans for a digital health incubator, dubbed INFORMED, during Academy Health's Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C., April 26.

Major health systems today are quickly becoming sprawling networks of facilities due to growing rates of mergers and acquisitions throughout the healthcare industry. While many health systems scale up to remain competitive, such organizational growth presents logistical challenges, especially when…

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, discussed the agency's evolving approach to digital health regulation during Academy Health's Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C., April 26.

Rapid City, S.D., officials claim Regional Health Rapid City Hospital continues to dump its medical waste in the city's landfill despite repeated warnings and multiple fines during the last year, according to the Argus Leader.