Skyline High School in Salt Lake City developed a Medical Innovations Pathway program to introduce students into the medical manufacturing industry, reports The Salt Lake Tribune.
Supply Chain
Supply chains are one of the largest categories of operating expense for most health systems in the United States – second only to labor costs – and represent anywhere from 13% to 30% of total spending.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker redesignated 12 cities as manufacturing communities until 2018. The cities initially earned the designation through the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership in 2014.
Wal-Mart hopes to get a leg-up in the online retail market by buying a minority stake in Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce company, reports Reuters.
Many hospital value analysis programs share a common problem — they have too many teams, filled with too many members. As a result, these value analysis teams (VATs) are often ineffective at making product decisions, said Rob Austin, an associate…
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Novum Pharma is the latest drugmaker facing criticism for high drug costs, according to the Chicago Tribune.
A group of physicians who call themselves Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is offering a free online guide for how to make a homemade version of the EpiPen for only $30, reported CNN Money.
Consumers forced to buy a new pack of EpiPens every year can blame epinephrine directly. The drug is notoriously unstable, limiting an EpiPen's shelf life to just 18 months, reported The Washington Post.
The third time is not the charm for Austin, Texas-based Pain Therapeutics. The Food and Drug Administration rejected the company's abuse-deterrent opioid painkiller Remoxy for the third time Monday, reports The Street.
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Johnson & Johnson's best-selling drug Stelara to treat adults with Crohn's disease, reported Reuters.