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Blockchain: So Much Bigger Than Bitcoin

January 31, 2018

The Guardian

From voting to healthcare, music to energy production, blockchain may just change the way we run our lives.

Opinion: Healthcare Systems Are Planning to Make Their Own Drugs, and Pharma Should Look Out

January 23, 2018

John Nosta, NOSTALAB founder, Forbes contributor

The pharmaceutical industry is looking over its shoulder.

Healthcare SCM Market Will Be Worth $2.31Bn by 2022, Research Shows

January 22, 2018

Supply Management

The global healthcare supply chain management (SCM) market will be worth $2.31bn by 2022, according to research.

Q&A: Achieving Zero Waste-to-Landfill With 3M

January 19, 2018

Environmental Leader

Science-oriented 3M is a $30bn global company with a portfolio that includes around 55,000 products. On the consumer side, 3M makes products like Post-It Notes, Scotch Magic Tape and Filtrete Air Filters, but the company has four other business groups for energy and electronics, industrial, safety and graphics and healthcare solutions.

Hospitals Wrestle With Shortage of IV Bags, Linked to Hurricane

January 15, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. is facing a nationwide shortage of intravenous bags just as flu cases accelerate, forcing many hospitals to use more time-consuming ways to administer drugs and to weigh a halt on elective procedures and clinical trials.

Lettuce Suppliers Hit by Deadly E. Coli Outbreak

January 12, 2018

Supply Management

Restaurants and supermarkets across the U.S. and Canada have suspended the use of romaine lettuce amid an ongoing investigation into a widespread outbreak of E.coli.

Pharma, Under Attack for Drug Prices, Started an Industry War

January 9, 2018

The Washington Post

It’s not easy to get Americans mad at a behind-the-scenes industry they’ve barely even heard of, but pharmaceutical companies have spent most of this year trying.

California's Top Marijuana Regulator Talks Legalization, Supply-Chain Risk

December 28, 2017

Los Angeles Times

California's legal pot market opens for business on Jan. 1. The day will be a milestone, but what exactly will happen then and, especially, in the weeks and months to come is unclear.

2017 Supply Chain Innovation Awards Presented by SupplyChainBrain & CSCMP

December 19, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

A pharmaceutical industry forum creates a collaborative framework where companies can efficiently and relatively inexpensively test their potential medicines against competitors’ products that are already approved and available in the marketplace.

Grow Your Own: The Race to Create Body Parts in the Lab

December 11, 2017

The Guardian

Two years ago, Hassan’s father was faced with questions that he had no good answers for. "Why do I have this disease?" his seven-year-old son asked him. "Why do I have to live this life?"