Supply Chain

Johnson & Johnson has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the cardiovascular medical device company Shockwave Medical, the drugmaker said April 5.  

In late 2022, Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health merged to form Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health. Since then, the 67-hospital system has had to shape its supply chain road map. 

Medos International Sàrl is recalling 1,343 catheter devices because of fractures in the far end of the product, where different parts are joined together in brain vessels, the FDA said April 4. 

Teleflex and its subsidiary Arrow International recalled 334,995 catheter kits after receiving reports of increased resistance in the guidewire handle and chamber during use, the FDA said April 3. 

Construction has begun in Columbus, Ohio, for Cardinal Health's 350,000-square-foot facility, which will distribute over-the-counter consumer products and medications. 

Medline's 800,000-square-foot distribution center in Wilmer, Texas, recently installed AutoStore robotic order fulfillment technology, Medline said April 1. 

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine's environmental efforts are multipronged, including saving expired devices for trainings and fine-tuning the flow of anesthesia gases. 

Hospitals and health systems may see short-term supply chain disruptions, such as delayed deliveries, in the wake of the Baltimore bridge collapse.

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Medline is recalling certain procedure kits, trays and packs that include saline from Nurse Assist, the FDA said in a March 25 notice.