Supply Chain

The Washington, D.C.-based Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative has released its eighth annual report to the public that offers a comprehensive review of group purchasing industry best practices.

A group of healthcare organizations is working to develop new tubing standards in attempts to prevent potentially harmful tubing misconnections.

The Chicago-based Association for Healthcare Resources & Materials Management has released a white paper called "Cost, Quality, and Outcomes: The Supply Chain Value Equation" that addresses tools, strategies and initiatives to turn the supply chain into a strategic element of…

In an implantable devices supply chain special interest group meeting hosted by Louisville, Colo.-based GHX, suppliers and providers saw different possible results that could come from formally implementing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's final rule on Unique Device Identifiers.

JCB Laboratories, a sterile compounding pharmacy in Wichita, Kan., has installed a continuous cleanroom monitoring system from Fremont, Calif.-based Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions to help catch contamination errors before they become problems.

Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Caremark and Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health have signed a 50/50 joint venture agreement, forming the largest generic drug sourcing operation in the U.S., according to a Reuters report.

The world's smallest, minimally invasive pacemaker, the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System produced by Minneapolis-based Medtronic, was implanted in a patient in Linz, Austria as part of the global clinical trial for the device, according to a Market Watch report.

The market for medical bionic implants, or artificial organs, is expected to reach $17.8 billion by 2017, according to a MarketsandMarkets report.

Irvine, Calif.-based Reverse Medical Corporation has received 501(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its MVP-5 Micro Vascular Plug system, according to a news release.

The wearable medical device market is expected to reach $5.8 billion by 2019, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 16.4 percent, according to a Transparency Market Research report.