Supply Chain

STAT identified three trends it believes will change the pharmaceutical advertising industry in the coming year.

Medical and drug supply costs vary based on geographic location, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2017.

Humana acquired 40 percent minority interest in one of Kindred's businesses in the midst of a healthcare consolidation wave.

The FDA approved Prescient Surgical's CleanCision wound retraction and protection system.

Medline closed its acquisition of Centurion Medical Products enhancing the company's supply offerings.

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.