Supply Chain

Amazon won a patent for a system to deliver packages through a network of underground tunnels, reports GeekWire.

 United Postal Service acquired Freightex, a U.K.-based freight company, for an undisclosed amount on Jan. 3.

Amazon has increased use of robotics in its distribution centers by 50 percent since last year, reports the Seattle Times.

Len Schleifer, CEO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, criticized Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Amgen for putting its own financial success ahead of patients, reports Reuters.

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health have collaborated to provide the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone to youths 19 years old and younger in areas of the state with high rates of opioid abuse,…

St. Jude Medical, which Abbott Laboratories acquired in 2016, is releasing new cybersecurity updates for its implanted heart devices. The move comes five months after a government launched an investigation into the devices over claims they were vulnerable to dangerous…

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Egalet Corp.'s long-acting opioid painkiller Arymo ER, reports Reuters.

DaVita, a Denver-based independent medical group and kidney care services provider, entered into a six-year supply agreement with Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Amgen.

U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson of Delaware on Jan. 5 granted Amgen's request for a permanent injunction to block Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals from marketing its cholesterol drug Praluent, reports National Law Journal.

Transportation and warehousing companies added 14,700 jobs last month, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.