Supply Chain

Medical device manufacturer Integer Holdings Corp. will sell its advanced surgical and orthopedics product lines to MedPlast for $600 million in cash.

UPS named Chris Cassidy vice president of global healthcare logistics strategy.

Moving approval to the front end of the purchasing process can help ASCs avoid unnecessary costs, according to Jeff Lawrence of Inventory Optimization Solutions.

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Phononic partnered to create an exclusive channel for the purchase of solid-state refrigeration and freezer products.

Stryker acquired single-use-device reprocessor Hygia Health Services, Mass Device reports.

The post-acute, non-hospital patient supply chain provider Medical Specialties Distributors entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by McKesson, HME News reports.

Premier and Karl Storz entered into a three-year agreement for access to Karl Storz's video laryngoscopy products, effective March 1.

Casetabs received $6 million in series A funding to scale its surgery coordination application.

The FDA approved Medtronic's Infuse Bone Graft for use with additional polyetheretherketone spine implants in oblique lateral interbody fusion and anterior lumbar interbody fusion procedures at a single level. 

McKesson's board of directors elected a new independent director on April 24.