Supply Chain

Lionsgate is promoting the eighth installment of the "Saw" movie franchise through a blood drive and online ad campaign that addresses restrictive blood donation rules, reports The New York Times.

  While braille is mandatory on all pharmaceutical packaging in Europe, U.S. regulatory agencies remain quiet on the issue, according to Pharmaceutical Processing.

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved MRI-compatible labeling for Abbott Laboratories' Ellipse implantable cardioverter defibrillator and associated high voltage leads.

Here are six drug and medical device companies that made headlines in the past week.

Spectranetics recalled more than 1,900 Bridge Occlusion Balloon Catheters due to a product flaw that may prevent the device from working properly.

Shortages of some critical, life-saving drugs are possible following Hurricane Maria, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

The FDA halted agency experiments studying the effects of nicotine in squirrel monkeys after a primatologist raised concerns over the ethics of the study, according to The Washington Post.

The FDA recently targeted more than 500 websites that illegally sold unapproved, potentially hazardous versions of prescription medicines such as opioids, antibiotics and epinephrine products.

With frontline staff as the end users of the hospital supply chain, operational success cannot be achieved without their full engagement and satisfaction.

Brian Garner, director of sales for therapy and rehab at Northfield, Ill.-based healthcare supplier Medline Industries, spoke to Becker's Hospital Review about the importance of helping patients regain the ability to move.