Healthcare

Jabil Launches Jabil Healthcare, the Largest Healthcare Manufacturing Solutions Provider

February 3, 2020

Jabil Inc. announced the consolidation of its healthcare organization under Jabil Healthcare, led by Steve Borges, CEO and EVP. Jabil Healthcare combines Nypro with its Orthopedics, Spine, Trauma and associated medical instruments operations.

Coronavirus Update: How the Virus Is Affecting Global Business

January 27, 2020

Bloomberg

As the death toll from the pneumonia-like illness rises and cases are found in more Asian countries, as well as in the U.S., the economic impact of the novel coronavirous could be widespread.

Importing Cheap Drugs From Canada Could Cause Shortages

January 27, 2020

Bloomberg

The Canadian federal government and private organizations are trying to get the U.S. to back off from the importation plan.

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Watch: Seven Strategies for Clinical Supply Chains

January 6, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Clinical supply chains can learn some valuable lessons from the experience of other industries.

China’s Curing Cancer Faster and Cheaper Than Anywhere Else

December 20, 2019

Bloomberg

Instead of the two to three weeks taken by current treatments from American and European drug makers, a Shanghai-based company is churning out cancer-killing immune cells overnight.

On the Road to Growth, a Small Company Gets a Handle on Manufacturing

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On Road to Growth, Small Company Gets a Handle on Manufacturing

December 19, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Papa & Barkley, maker of cannabis-based wellness products, navigates a steep growth trajectory with MRP software designed specifically for small companies.

Drug-Plant Inspections Ebbed as Tainted Pills Flowed to U.S.

December 11, 2019

Bloomberg

Inspections of foreign drug manufacturers by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have fallen in recent years despite increasing worry about the safety and quality of generic medications, congressional investigators said.

Intermountain Healthcare, Cleveland Clinic, Ochsner Health System, Stanford Health Care, and Sinai Health System to Speak at World Congress’ 14th Annual Health Care Supply Chain Summit

December 3, 2019

Executives from Intermountain Healthcare, Cleveland Clinic, Stanford Health Care, Ochsner Health System, Sinai Health System, University of Miami, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Yale New Haven Health and more will convene at the highly anticipated 14th Annual Health Care Supply Chain Summit on January 27-28, 2020 in New Orleans, LA.

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Watch: Innovations in Delivering Home Healthcare in Canada

November 22, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

Erie St. Claire Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), a provider of home healthcare in Ontario, transforms an inefficient, paper-based purchasing and delivery system with the help of Transform Shared Services Organization (SSO).

Why Pharma Supply Chains Must Go Digital: Six Questions to Consider

November 21, 2019

TK Subramanian, SCB Contributor

If technology-enabled visibility isn’t built into the pharma supply chain today, then manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, shippers and pharmacies risk significant losses.

Healthcare

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