Supply Chain

The American Hospital Association asked the Environmental Protection Agency to delay its proposed deadlines in a plan to reduce the use of ethylene oxide in sterilizing medical devices. 

The promising future of medical supply distributor startup Bttn is faltering, partly because older supply companies have yearslong customer loyalty on their side, Forbes reported June 28. 

Medline's CEO, COO and president will leave their roles and join the board of directors in October, the medical supply company said June 28. 

Teleflex, a global medical supplier with its U.S. operations based in Morrisville, N.C., recalled more than a quarter of a million catheter systems after 83 complaints, 18 injuries and zero deaths were reported. 

A Missouri agency planned to auction off personal protective equipment it bought with federal funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the event was abruptly canceled after the agency learned it could not resell the items, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported…

Health technology company Royal Philips partnered with Lake Oswego, Ore.-based Biotronik, a medical device business, to "expand care for out-of-hospital cardiology labs," they said June 21. 

Hospitals and health systems need to invest in advancing their supply leaders' professional development, the American Hospital Association said June 22. 

McKesson Medical-Surgical plans to close a Rochester, N.Y.-based plant and lay off 26 of the 38 employees who work there by Nov. 3, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification. 

Two medical supply companies, Advantus Health Partners and Medline, recently signed a 10-year deal worth $2.9 billion that aims to improve resiliency and enhance "clinical integration" among healthcare workers and Medline's products. 

Becton Dickinson plans to sell its surgical devices business and three manufacturing plants as part of a divestment planned for the end of 2023.