Supply Chain
Long wait times, crowded waiting rooms, and frustrated staff are often symptoms of inefficient workflows driven by physical space constraints.…
Global spending on prescription drugs is projected to reach nearly $1.5 trillion by 2021, according to a report from Quintiles IMS Holding. This figure, based on wholesale pricing, represents an almost $370 billion increase from the estimated drug spending for…
Patients who received a call or text reminder from their pharmacy were more likely to refill their prescriptions before a large storm than those who did not receive an alert, according to a new study sponsored by CVS Health and…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — part of the U.S. Department of Transportation — will create a national clearing house to handle drug and alcohol testing for commercial truck and bus drivers, reports American Shipper.
The Forbes Healthcare Summit, which took placeoccurred in New York City last week, featured an unlikely critic of high drug prices: Regeneron Pharmaceutical's CEO Leonard Schleifer.
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new indication for Eli Lilly's diabetes drug Jardiance.
The ultimate goal of every healthcare team is to provide quality patient care, not to focus on materials management. For a supply chain to function seamlessly, though, products must be visible and accessible.
Apple plans to set up a distribution center in India to streamline supply chain operations, reports Economic Times.
Many cancer drugs that gain accelerated approval in the U.S. often stay approved despite later studies showing no real survival benefits, according to a new study featured in JAMA Internal Medicine.
A group of students from Sydney Grammar School in Australia recently developed the drug Daraprim — which has a list price of $750 — for about $2 per dose, reports Reuters.
Wayne, Pa.-based Teleflex will purchase Minneapolis-based device maker Vascular Solutions for $56 per share, or about $1 billion.