Supply Chain

Medline is planning to scoop up Ecolab, a global surgical solutions and medical product company. 

DHL Supply Chain, a global logistics company, recently reorganized its leadership structure and created new executive roles. 

Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Health System secured a 10-year deal with Royal Philips, the companies announced April 30. 

Medical devicemaker InfuTronix is recalling 52,328 infusion pump systems after receiving nearly 3,700 complaints about various failures. 

The internal backup battery in Draeger's Perseus A500 anesthesia machines might unexpectedly fail, the FDA said April 25. 

Months after the FDA warned clinicians about plastic syringes made in China, the agency listed violations it discovered at Cardinal Health related to the marketing of unapproved and adulterated syringes. 

Fresenius Medical Care recently published a correction for more than 2 million of its Stay-Safe / Luer Lock Catheter Extension and Adapter Sets, the FDA said April 25. 

In 2024, healthcare supply improvement company Premier has been steadily racking up partnerships with group purchasing organizations, health systems and drugmakers. 

Rising costs in the medical supply chain are pushing health system leaders to get creative, according to Jay Kirkpatrick at Lifepoint Health and Bill Keller at HCA Healthcare. 

Memorial Hermann Health System is the latest hospital system to partner with Zipline, a drone and logistics company.