Supply Chain

 Medtronic on Thursday launched a voluntary recall of its StrataMR valve, reports the Star Tribune.

Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health is nearing a deal with Minneapolis-based Medtronic to acquire its medical supplies business for approximately $6 billion, an unnamed source told Reuters Wednesday.

 Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey on March 21 signed a bill into law that allows drug and device companies to promote off label uses of their drugs to clinicians, reports The Arizona Republic.

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals withdrew its membership from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, an influential drug lobby group, reports Business Insider.

While many critics have called for streamlining the Food and Drug Administration's approval process, a new analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the agency approved a higher amount of drugs at a quicker rate than its…

Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee grilled Scott Gottlieb, MD, with questions on his ties to the pharmaceutical industry, the opioid epidemic and more, during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.

When buying new equipment, hospitals seek to balance improved care quality with the financial implications of the purchase, according to a new report from Chicago-based OpenMarkets.

Global Healthcare Exchange named 34 healthcare provider and supplier organizations to its GHX Millennium Club for attaining the highest levels of healthcare supply chain automation.

DHL Supply Chain — part of Deutsche Post DHL Group — will pilot the use of autonomous robots within the warehouses of its life sciences sector, reports Bloomberg.

GlaxoSmithKline launched a voluntary recall of more than 593,000 asthma inhalers over a defect that could prevent them from releasing accurate medication doses, reports Reuters.