Healthcare

Moderna Finds That Creating a Covid Vaccine Was the Easy Part

November 8, 2021

More than 10 months after U.S. regulators first authorized its potent shot, Moderna is finding that inventing a COVID-19 vaccine was actually a relatively straightforward task compared with what would come next: ramping up vial-filling operations on multiple continents and distributing the vaccine to countries around the world in the middle of a devastating pandemic.

Prescription Delivery Options Are Increasing. Is Your Pharmacy Prepared?

October 27, 2021

Mark Lutcavish, SCB Contributor

Building out the logistics for prescription delivery comes with considerable hurdles.

U.S. Labor Unions Are Having a Moment

October 18, 2021

Bloomberg

U.S. organized labor is having a moment after decades of erosion in both influence and power, giving workers their best chance in recent memory to claw back lost ground.

High Quits Rates, Poaching: U.S. Firms Are Plagued by Turnover

October 6, 2021

Bloomberg

U.S. employers aren’t just having a hard time attracting workers, they’re increasingly struggling to hold onto them.

Teva Recalls U.S.-Made Drugs Following Contamination Fears

October 4, 2021

Bloomberg

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has paused drug production at its Irvine, California, facility and is reviewing the concerns raised by the FDA.

Vaccine Mandates Hit Amid Historic Health-Care Staff Shortage

October 4, 2021

Bloomberg

What some are calling the worst U.S. health-care labor crisis in memory is sharpening concerns about attrition from resistance to vaccine mandates.

How to Procure PPE Amid Covid, Climate Strains

October 4, 2021

Christina Dorsey, SCB Contributor

Between rising COVID-19 cases and a worse-than-usual hurricane season, the personal protective equipment (PPE) pipeline is more strained than it’s been since the peak of the pandemic.

From Nairobi to Ningbo: The Supply Shocks Spanning Globe

September 29, 2021

Bloomberg

From high-class problems to difficulties finding life’s necessities, the pandemic has convulsed global supply chains on such a scale that few industries, socio-economic classes or regions are immune.

Supply Chain Innovator of the Year Is Global Health Nonprofit MSH

September 22, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain presented their annual Supply Chain Innovation Award on Wednesday to global health care nonprofit Management Sciences for Health’s (MSH) for streamlining distribution of HIV and TB medicines to vulnerable communities in Ukraine.

Debate on Vaccine Supply Will Dominate This Week's UN Summit

September 20, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.S. plan for boosters will steer tens of millions of doses into the arms of many U.S. adults starting as soon as Friday. That’s angered nations where many people are still struggling to obtain a first shot.

Healthcare

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