Supply Chain

As the healthcare industry sees a continued uptick in IDNs acquiring more hospitals and post-acute care providers like nursing facilities and ambulatory care sites, it’s no secret that healthcare supply chains are getting larger and more complex – leading to…

The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety advisory on Haemonetics' Leukotrap RC System, warning that faulty filters in some of the recently distributed devices can result in high leukocyte counts in blood used for transfusions.

Britain's decision to leave the European Union is causing regulatory uncertainty for drug companies as the London-based European Medicines Agency — equivalent to the U.S.' Food and Drug Administration — will have to relocate to a city in the EU,…

Here are the five latest medical devices or drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Natco Pharma, an India-based pharmaceutical company, received FDA approval yesterday for its glycopyrrolate oral tablets.

Lupin, a drug company headquartered in Mumbai, recently earned FDA approval for its Amabelz tablets.

After the CDC announced today that nasal spray vaccines are ineffective in children and should not be used, AstraZeneca said it would have to take an $80 million inventory write-down on stocks of its nasal spray vaccine Flumist Quadrivalent, according…

Cochlear Limited, a medical device company specializing in implantable hearing solutions, is launching two new bone conduction sound processor devices for patients with high levels of hearing loss.

St. Jude Medical, a device maker headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., launched new SyncAV cardiac resynchronization therapy software to treat heart failure in patients who do not respond to conventional treatments.

Hartford, Conn.-based Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center recently received a three-year ultrasound practice accreditation from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.