Supply Chain

Here are four U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals that have been issued in the past three weeks, starting with the most recent.

Braintree, Mass.-based Northeast Purchasing Coalition has entered an agreement with aptitude, the healthcare industry's first online device marketplace based in Irving, Texas, which will allow hospitals in the NPC to manage contracts through the online market.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety communication saying certain HeartStart automated external defibrillator devices made by Philips Medical Systems, a division of Philips Healthcare whose U.S. headquarters are in Andover, Mass., may not deliver the defibrillator…

President Barack Obama signed the Drug Quality and Security Act into law last Wednesday, encouraging healthcare providers to purchase compounded drugs from federally regulated facilities.

Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline Industries is planning to build a new facility in Chesterfield, Va., to replace the current distribution center, according to a report by The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Abbott Park, Ill.-based Abbott has issued a nationwide recall of 20 lots of FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips, according to a news release.

BioMedical Enterprises has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on an upgrade to its patent-pending Hammerlock Intramedullary Fixation System for hammertoe deformities, according to a news release.

Cary, N.C.-based Myco Medical has won a private-label contract deal with Novation, according to a Triangle Business Journal report.

The global market for medical transcription services is expected to reach $60.6 million by 2019, according to a news release from Transparency Market Research.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class I Recall on Spacelabs Healthcare's BleaseSirius and BleaseFocus Anesthesia Workstations due to loose hardware in the CAS I/II Absorbers, which could cause the Bag-to-Vent switch to fail.