Supply Chain

Inventory sourcing and procurement could look very different in 2018 than in 2017, according to a report from Strategic Sourceror.

Fitch weighed in on CVS Health's proposed acquisition of Aetna, finding the deal "well aligned with U.S. healthcare trends."

GHX launched a cloud-based solution for healthcare providers that connect the supply chain with the EHR.

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee wants to extend the medical device tax suspension for five more years, the Minnesota StarTribune reports.

Roy Davis will join the board of directors for Clinical Genomics, a cancer diagnostic solutions company.

Almost all of U.S. pharmaceutical sales went through traditional pharmaceutical distributors in 2016, according to an HDA Research Foundation report.

Microbot Medical, a company focused on developing transformational micro-robotic medical technologies, appointed P. Laximarain to the company's board of directors.

Medline entered into two new agreements agreement with Resource Optimization & Innovation through the company's pre-commitment program.

The healthcare supply chain management market is expected to grow over the next three years, according to a new Research N Reports analysis covered in Medgadget.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb released an update on hurricane-caused drug shortages, saying while IV saline product inventory is improving, production capacity issues remain throughout Puerto Rico.