A new, expanded distribution agreement between McKesson and Rite-Aid will include both brand-name and generic pharmaceuticals and help establish both organizations as leaders in their field.
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The Massachusetts Hospital Association and Illinois Hospital Association have become supporting organizations of the Healthier Hospital Initiative.
Memphis, Tenn.-based Wright Medical Group has acquired Solana Surgical, also based in Memphis, an orthopedic device company focused on foot, ankle and hand products, according to a news release.
Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based ECRI Institute has awarded 12 healthcare organizations with the Healthcare Supply Chain Achievement Award, according to a news release.
Murraysville, Pa.-based Philips Respironics has issued a worldwide recall of its Trilogy Ventilators Models 100, 200 and 202 due to a potentially faulty component on the ventilators' power boards.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave Minneapolis-based Medtronic 510(k) clearance for its Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitoring system, according to a news release.
Redmond, Wash.-based EndoGastric Solutions will pay up to $5.25 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by inappropriately advising healthcare providers when billing federal healthcare programs for a procedure using one of the company's devices, according…
Whole-body diffusion-weighted MRI scans may be as effective as traditional PET-CT scans for staging cancer tumors in children and young adults without exposing patients to ionizing radiation, according to a study published in The Lancet.
Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker will acquire Berchtold Holdings, a surgical infrastructure equipment company with facilities in Germany and the United States, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The choice between leasing or buying capital equipment is a decision every hospital department faces, but nowhere is it encountered more often than in the clinical laboratory. The decision to buy or lease equipment in the lab involves a complex…