Supply Chain

Physio-Control, a Redmond, Wash.-based provider of external defibrillators and emergency medical response products, recalled about 14,200 electrodes due to packaging issues, according to a Food and Drug Administration safety alert.

Cardinal Health on Tuesday signed a definitive agreement to divest its Cardinal Health China business to Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. for $1.2 billion.

AstraZeneca on Wednesday earned Food and Drug Administration approval for its asthma drug Fasenra.

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare selected HealthTrust, a Nashville, Tenn.-based healthcare performance improvement company, as its exclusive group purchasing organization.

Acorda Therapeutics paused clinical trials of its Parkinson's disease drug, tozadenant, after reporting five patient deaths, according to Reuters.

Bayer, the Leverkusen, Germany-based drugmaker tapped the head of Nestle's baby food business, Heiko Schipper, in an effort to boost its consumer health revenue, which has been on the decline as buyers increasingly turn to online retailers like Amazon, Reuters…

Hospitals nationwide are experiencing shortages of small saline-solution bags due to supply chain disruptions at manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

Amazon will use its pharmacy licenses in Tennessee and Indiana to sell medical devices and supplies instead of prescriptions, CNBC reports.

The FDA approved the first drug in the U.S. Monday that can track medication ingestion and alert a patient's physician or caregiver when it is taken.

Mylan Pharmaceuticals laid off between 200 and 300 employees in West Virginia Nov. 9, according to West Virginia Metro News.