Pfizer, BioNTech to supply Japan with 120 million doses of MRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate
July 31, 2020 – Pfizer (New York, NY) and BioNTech SE (Germany) announced an agreement with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in…
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Masimo teams up with the NBA as official supplier of pulse oximetry
Gary Harris of the Denver Nuggets with Masimo MightySat July 31, 2020 – Masimo (Irvine, CA) has entered into a partnership with the National Basketball…
Premier: Statement for the Record on the Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Protecting the Reliability of the U.S. Medical Supply Chain During COVID-19
July 31, 2020 – “In a statement for the record for the Senate Finance Committee hearing on protecting the reliability of the U.S. medical supply…
BD announces $24M U.S. government investment to support scale up of U.S. manufacturing of COVID-19 diagnostic tests
July 31, 2020 – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (Franklin Lakes, NJ) announced a $24 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) in…
Olympus launches new EBUS-TBNA needle for lung cancer staging, diagnosis
July 31, 2020 – Olympus (Center Valley, PA) launched the ViziShot 2 25 G needle for Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA). The device is part…
NIH to use Premier Healthcare Database to evaluate wider health impacts of COVID-19
July 30, 2020 – Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC) announced a data licensing agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The agreement grants researchers in…
Vizient supply chain expert Cathy Denning to participate in Senate Finance Committee Hearing on counterfeit PPE
July 30, 2020 – Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced that Cathy Denning, a sourcing and supply chain expert, is testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee…
Thermo Fisher Scientific launches nProber IV nanoprober platform
July 30, 2020 – Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA) released the Thermo Scientific nProber IV nanoprober platform, a fault isolation system used by semiconductor fabs…
NorCal HealthConnect offers to acquire Petaluma Valley Hospital for $52.6M
July 30, 2020 – The operator of Petaluma Valley Hospital announced it has received a proposal from NorCal HealthConnect, LLC, a secular affiliate of Providence…
Premier Inc. technology predicts number of COVID-19 cases in U.S. hospitals in near real time
July 28, 2020 – Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC) announced enhancements to its crisis forecasting and planning technology. With the enhancements, the technology will now predict…