Healthcare

Showcase Your Company's Supply Chain Excellence — Three Days to Submit

March 28, 2018

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain welcome your entries for the 14th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Award (SCIA) competition.

Showcase Your Company's Supply Chain Excellence — Final Days to Submit

March 26, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain welcome your entries for the 14th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Award (SCIA) competition.

Tech's Next Big Wave: Big Data Meets Biology

March 22, 2018

Fortune

It began in December, with CVS’s proposed $69bn buyout of insurer Aetna. In January, three more corporate behemoths — Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway — said they were forming a joint venture aimed at reducing health care costs and improving outcomes for their combined 1 million or so employees.

Blockchain Can Help in War on Fake Drugs, Report Says

March 20, 2018

Supply Management

A blockchain prototype tool has been developed with the potential to tackle the problem of counterfeit medicines.

Big Health-Care Players Are Turning Their Partners Into Prey

March 20, 2018

Bloomberg

Over 20 years, Brian Komoto built a thriving pharmacy in California’s Central Valley. Each day, his nurses would travel the vast agricultural region’s roads to help hepatitis C patients take a grueling regimen of shots.

Patients Eagerly Awaited a Generic Drug. Then They Saw the Price.

February 27, 2018

The New York Times

When Teva Pharmaceuticals announced recently that it would begin selling a copycat version of Syprine — an expensive drug invented in the 1960s — the news seemed like a welcome development for people taking old drugs that have skyrocketed in price.

Historic Flu Season Drives Sales Across the Health-Care Industry

February 13, 2018

Bloomberg

A historically bad flu season has sent Americans to the doctor in droves -- and given a boost to companies across the health-care business.

Amazon Wants to Disrupt Healthcare in America. In China, Tech Giants Already Have.

February 8, 2018

The New York Times

Amazon and two other American titans are trying to shake up healthcare by experimenting with their own employees’ coverage. By Chinese standards, they’re behind the curve.

For Bezos, Buffett and Dimon, a Health Push Years in the Making

February 7, 2018

Bloomberg

It’s a stronghold of insider Washington, a place where billionaires and former presidents mingle in black-tie splendor.

Blockchain: So Much Bigger Than Bitcoin

January 31, 2018

The Guardian

From voting to healthcare, music to energy production, blockchain may just change the way we run our lives.

Healthcare

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the healthcare industry. Learn how healthcare companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.