In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016, Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier saw net revenue increase 13 percent from the same period last year to $301.4 million. Most notably, its supply chain services segment revenue rose 11 percent and its performance…
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wants answers —specifically, to why the price of EpiPens has jumped 400 percent since 2007, reported The Hill.
One in five heart attacks occurs outside of a hospital near an AED that is locked up or inaccessible, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The Food and Drug Administration granted Fast Track designation for AZD3293, an experimental Alzheimer's drug created by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Britain-based AstraZeneca.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's new opioid painkiller Friday that contains abuse-deterrent features.
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Greenville, S.C.-based Agfa Healthcare, a medical imaging company, signed a contract with the U.S. government worth nearly $768 million, according to Mass Device.
New York-based drug giant Pfizer will buy the much sought after biotech Medivation for $14 billion.
When placing blame for high drug costs, most fingers point to the pharmaceutical companies. However, Scott Gotlieb, MD, former deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, says the regulatory agency is also to blame for high generic drug costs,…
A team of electrical engineers and computer scientists at the University of Washington (Seattle) developed a more power-efficient method for implanted medical devices to send health data to smartphones, reports The Seattle Times.
"Hospital supply chains are under increasing pressure to slash inventory levels and optimize labor in order to reduce costs. Gone are the days when they could rely on informal ordering processes to replenish inventory," says Robert Jones, director of logistics at Medline.