Supply Chain

Austin, Texas-based TVA Medical received FDA de novo marketing approval for its everlinQ endoAVF System. 

As more patients turn to ASCs for care, these facilities are forced to reallocate resources to improve care while simultaneously reducing costs.

Watertown, Mass.-based EyePoint Pharmaceuticals will sell approximately $25.5 million of units to Second Tranche Investors in a transaction expected to close June 25.

The limited U.S. launch of DePuy Synthes' Dynacord suture used for soft tissue repair is underway, Medical Design & Outsourcing reports.

CVS Health has recruited the U.S. Postal Service to pick up prescriptions at CVS stores and deliver them to customers' homes, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Sixty-four percent of consumers believe product recalls are more about government regulations than consumer safety, according to a Stericycle Expert Solutions survey. 

The Cardinal Health Foundation will award more than $3 million in grants to 70-plus nonprofit organizations in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee to fight the opioid epidemic.

The U.S. Senate reached out to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, seeking advice on how to address nationwide drug shortages, The Hill reports.

In regards to ambulatory surgery centers, the materials management program begets responsibility for procuring products with the expectations of cost control, distribution mediums and inventory management.

Oxford, England-based University of Oxford researchers completed the first successful trial of robot-assisted retinal surgery at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, Medical Xpress reports.