Supply Chain

Northfield, Ill.-based Medline Industries joined forces with San Francisco-based Potrero Medical to expand the commercialization and clinical investigations of the Accuryn critical care monitoring system.

The smart and mobile supply chain solutions market was valued at about $7 billion in 2013 and is expected to rise at a calculated annual growth rate of 13.2 percent from 2014 to 2020, according to a new report from…

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved New York City-based Synergy Pharmaceuticals' drug for chronic idiopathic constipation.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a subsidiary of New Brunswick, N.J.–based Johnson & Johnson, acquired Megadyne Medical Products — a Draper, Utah-based medical device company that develops electrosurgical tools.

Members of the World Trade Organization passed an amendment allowing poor countries to import generic medications, reports Reuters.

Kenilworth, N.J.-based Merck will enter into a settlement and licensing agreement with London-based Bristol-Myers Squibb and Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical Co., following a patent dispute with its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda, reports Reuters.

President Donald Trump spoke with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) at an inaugural luncheon Friday and requested the two meet to discuss the high price of prescription drugs, reports The Hill.

Bioelectronic medicine uses device technology to control cell behavior by analyzing and reproducing electrical signals sent out by the nervous system to the rest of the body.

Ridgemont Equity Partners will acquire the trucking brokerage firm Worldwide Express and combine it with its own trucking unit to create one of the largest third-party logistics providers in the U.S., according to The Wall Street Journal.

Kaleo will provide its Auvi-Q emergency epinephrine auto-injector to many patients at no cost, although the device's list price — which payers will negotiate discounts and rebates from — will be set at $4,500, reports Reuters.