July 29, 2024- CourageLIVES, a pioneering program dedicated to supporting survivors of human trafficking and other extreme forms of violence, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Premier Cares Award and will receive a $100,000 cash prize from Premier, Inc. Sponsored by Premier and its alliance of more than 4,350 hospitals and health systems and approximately 300,000 other … [Read more...]

July 29, 2024- The need for more collaboration in healthcare is increasing as Americans experience greater levels of chronic conditions than ever before. An estimated 129 million people in the United States have at least one chronic condition, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Common chronic conditions include heart disease, diabetes, … [Read more...]

July 29, 2024- Ansell’s manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka has won Gold in the Rubber-based Production category at Sri Lanka’s Presidential Environment Awards Ceremony 2024. More than 1200 guests attended the award ceremony on 28 June, which was held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) under the distinguished patronage of President Ranil … [Read more...]

July 26, 2024- BD and Quest Diagnostics announced a global collaboration agreement to develop, manufacture and commercialize flow cytometry-based companion diagnostics (CDx) intended to help select the best treatment for patients with cancer and other diseases. Together, BD and Quest will aim to provide the pharmaceutical industry with an end-to-end solution for CDx … [Read more...]

July 26, 2024- Ansell has formally submitted its letter of commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which confirms Ansell’s intention to set near-term and long-term science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets, thereby establishing an end-to-end value chain Net Zero target to be verified by SBTi in accordance with SBTi’s Net-Zero Standard. In … [Read more...]

July 26, 2024- Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital and the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics are upgrading and expanding whole genome sequencing to more kids throughout the Intermountain West, thanks to a $9 million infusion to the Intermountain Primary Children’s Center for Personalized Medicine. The infusion, the largest in the center’s history, will be used … [Read more...]

July 26, 2024- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will showcase its diagnostics portfolio and host a series of customer-led workshops and presentations that highlight industry developments and the company’s latest innovations during the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine Conference (ADLM) July 28-Aug. 1, 2024, in Chicago, Ill. The company’s conference booth … [Read more...]

July 26, 2024- Owens & Minor, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rotech Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (“Rotech”), a privately held home based care business headquartered in Orlando, Florida, for $1.36 billion in cash. Given anticipated tax benefits of approximately $40 million from the transaction, the net purchase price is approximately … [Read more...]

July 25, 2024- UMF Medical has announced the launch of a new Government Resource Center on umfmedical.com. This new page offers numerous tools to simplify the decision-making process and provide support to U.S. Federal Government agencies planning to procure UMF Medical products. UMF Medical is a women-owned small business that has partnered with Altamira, a … [Read more...]

July 25, 2024- B. Braun Medical Inc. announced that a Midwest children’s hospital is the first hospital in the U.S. to convert to NRFit® Connectors. This milestone event promotes patient safety by preventing devices meant for neuraxial administration from connecting to devices used in other applications. While this is the first NRFit Connector conversion in the U.S., B. Braun … [Read more...]