Supply Chain

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon John Sperling, MD, completed the first surgery where Zimmer Biomet's Comprehensive Augmented Baseplate was used Jan. 3.

Vero Solutions compiled an infographic on how much revenue companies in the manufacturing industry make compared to how many employees they have.

Although 3D printing isn't yet fully capable of making functional parts in addition to prototypes, the current technology can benefit doctors and biomedical engineers, according to Machine Design Senior Editor Stephan Mraz.

While most frontline clinicians see inventory management as either "complicated" or a "necessary evil," more than two-thirds of organizations reported experiencing a delayed case due to inventory shortage, according to a Cardinal Health survey of surgical staff and hospital supply…

Stryker aims to replace cord-and-console setups for extremities procedures with its F1 Small Bone Power System, a tool with five motors and two gripping styles.

The FDA expanded Johnson & Johnson's Acclarent Aera Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilation System's indication to now allow treatment in patients as young as 18 years old.

Alere agreed to pay $33.2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it knowingly sold defective point-of-care diagnostic testing devices.

On the news Takeda was considering a bid for Shire, investors expressed their skepticism with their purchasing power, causing the company's stock to tumble 7 percent March 28, Reuters reports.

Medtronic plans to redeem about $1.2 billion of senior notes and buy back at least the same amount in ordinary shares throughout its 2019 fiscal year.

A cataract drug company that paid more than $1 million in 2017 to lobby lawmakers regained Medicare reimbursement status in hospital outpatient and ASC settings, the SF Chronicle reports.