Premier Inc: “Five Reasons Health Systems are Prioritizing Integration with Specialists”
August 03, 2020 – “Specialists and health systems have played a symbiotic role in the U.S. healthcare system for years, but in the months leading up…
COVID-19
Sanofi, GSK selected for Operation Warp Speed to supply U.S. government with 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
July 31, 2020 – Sanofi (Paris, France) and GSK (London, UK) announced a collaborative effort with the U.S. government to accelerate the development and manufacturing…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Masimo introduces new Radius T° to Masimo SafetyNet platform
July 28, 2020 – Masimo (Irvine, CA) announced a significant expansion to the Masimo SafetyNet platform with the introduction of Radius T°, a wearable, wireless…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands GlobalAccess Sequencing Program
July 27, 2020 – Thermo Fisher Scientific (Carlsbad, CA) is expanding its GlobalAccess Sequencing Program to include laboratories working in oncology. Originally introduced to accelerate…