May 8, 2024- Andrew Baum, M.D., will join Pfizer as Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Executive Vice President. Dr. Baum will be a member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team reporting to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Albert Bourla. Dr. Baum joins Pfizer from Citi, where he served as Head of Global Healthcare, Managing Director Equity Research. Prior to … [Read more...]
Henry Schein reports solid first-quarter 2024 financial results, updates financial guidance
May 8, 2024- Henry Schein reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 30, 2024. Total net sales for the quarter were $3.2 billion, an increase of 3.7% compared with the first quarter of 2023. Internal sales decreased 1.8%1 which includes an approximate 300 to 400 basis points decrease in sales from the residual impact of last year’s cyber incident, and a 60 … [Read more...]
Outlining clear marketing goals
May 8, 2024- Every successful plan takes steps, strategies, and goals to achieve a desired outcome, and creating a marketing campaign is no different. To successfully advertise, it is important for companies in the supply chain industry to set marketing goals. Marketing goals track advertising progress and define a clear brand purpose in its advertising efforts. It is necessary … [Read more...]
Cardinal Health on preventing supply chain challenges that burden nurses
May 8, 2024- The week of May 6-12 is National Nurses Week, and Cardinal Health has taken steps to alleviate the burden on nurses in healthcare. According to Cardinal Health, the amount of multitasking required of a nurse takes away from hands-on patient care. Many hospitals rely on manual supply chain workflows, often requiring nurses to step away from their patients' bedside … [Read more...]
Walgreens and Boehringer Ingelheim partner to improve diversity in clinical trials
May 8, 2024- Walgreens and Boehringer Ingelheim announced a strategic collaboration aimed at optimizing recruitment and making clinical trials more accessible, inclusive and equitable. This collaboration will offer people an opportunity to learn about and potentially participate in an important Phase III clinical trial within the familiar and accessible environment … [Read more...]
Mayo Clinic, Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville collaborate for pediatric care, medical education, research
May 7, 2024- Mayo Clinic and Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville announced a 10-year extension of their three-decade collaboration to improve healthcare in the region and train future generations of physicians and healthcare workers. The collaboration will continue to focus on medical training, research and clinical care, specifically in pediatrics, where there are … [Read more...]
Intermountain Medical Center named top teaching hospital
May 7, 2024- Fortune Magazine and PINC AI have ranked Intermountain Medical Center in Murray as the number one major teaching hospital in the nation for 2024. Nine other Intermountain hospitals in Utah were ranked among the nation’s best hospitals on this year’s top 100 hospitals list, according to PINC AI and Fortune. The Fortune rankings analyzed publicly available data from … [Read more...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific launches new CXCL10 Testing Service
May 7, 2024- Thermo Fisher has released a simple, urine-based assay that detects the CXCL10 chemokine may make care more convenient and less invasive for the nearly 250,000 Americans living with a kidney transplant. For organ transplant recipients, life post-transplant involves a delicate balance between invasive monitoring and immunosuppression to reduce the risk of rejection, … [Read more...]
Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program announces integration of Maryland R³ curriculum
May 7, 2024- The Vizient/American Association of College Nursing (AACN) Nurse Residency Program™ announced the integration of Maryland's R3 Resilient Nurses Initiative curriculum into its content offering. The collaboration elevates NRP's support of newly licensed nurses transitioning from classroom to clinical practice to promote quality and safety and reduce … [Read more...]
Sysmex analyzer wins award for malaria identification
May 6, 2024- The Sysmex multi-item automatic blood cell analyzer XN-31 is capable of measuring and quantitatively displaying red blood cells infected with malaria parasites, etc. The measurement is performed fully automatically and does not require advanced skills. It enables high-sensitivity testing in a short time of approximately 1 minute. XN-31 was the first in Japan to … [Read more...]