The U.S. market for vascular access devices is projected to be worth more than $2 billion by 2022, according to a Decision Resources Group news release.
Supply Chain
Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline has announced an agreement to purchase cleaning and disinfectant technologies from Niles, Ill.-based Medtrol, a sanitizer and disinfectant manufacturer.
Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health Hospitals has signed an agreement to use Aperek Ellipse, a spend visibility and analytics solution.
Irving Park, Texas-based VHA has partnered with Alpharetta, Ga.-based Care Logistics to provide its member hospitals Care Logistics' Hospital Operating System™, a care coordination model and technology system, according to the companies.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based HealthTrust has selected Melville, N.Y.-based Canon U.S.A and Boca Raton, Fla.-based Virtual Imaging, a wholly owned Canon subsidiary, to provide RadPRO Digital Radiology systems for its member hospitals, according to a joint news release by the companies.
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London, England-based Smith & Nephew and Austin-based ArthroCare Corp. have received early termination of the waiting period mandated by antitrust law, satisfying one of the requirements for Smith & Nephew's acquisition of AthroCare.
Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline will have exclusive distribution rights of King of Prussia, Pa.-based Devon Medical Products that treat lymphedema.
Roswell, Ga.-based Kimberly-Clark Health Care and St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M have formed an alliance to provide surgical and infection prevention solutions to healthcare facilities.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a Supplemental New Drug Application for Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer's Eliquis (apixaban) as a preventative measure against potential pulmonary embolism-causing blood clots for patients who have undergone hip or knee replacement therapy, according to…
Dublin, Ireland-based Shire Pharmaceuticals has issued a voluntary recall on three lots of VPRIV, a long-term intravenous enzyme replacement therapy for patients with type 1 Gaucher disease, due to stainless steel and barium sulfate particulate matter found in a few…