Healthcare

This Is How Amazon Could Invade the Pharmacy Business

November 14, 2017

Bloomberg

The pharmacy market is one of the biggest potential new targets for Amazon.com Inc.

Creating a Better Healthcare Cold Chain: 7 Experts Reveal Best Practices to Improve Efficiency

November 13, 2017

UPS

There's a solution for every healthcare cold chain challenge. Find yours here.

The Fastest-Growing Jobs of the Future As Technology Takes Over

November 13, 2017

Forbes

About a hundred years ago, common jobs included manufacturing positions, roles in agriculture and artisan services. Today, occupations in health care, computers and construction are on the rise. Technology and society's changing needs mean the workforce is constantly evolving.

CVS Adds Next-Day Prescription Delivery As Threat of Amazon Competition Looms

November 13, 2017

The Washington Post

Amid broad anticipation that Amazon will soon get into the pharmacy business and disrupt the business of selling prescription drugs, pharmacy giant CVS Health has announced it will launch a next-day prescription delivery service nationwide.

Amazon's Push Into Pharmacy Business Is Full of Promise and Pitfalls

November 7, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

A move by Amazon.com Inc. into the $412bn pharmacy business would shake up how generations have gotten their medicines, but success could prove elusive even for the ever-expanding e-retailer.

Roche Pharmaceuticals: Supply-Chain Diversity Improves Innovation, Reputation

November 6, 2017

Supply Management

Diversifying your supply chain brings innovation and improves business credentials, according to the head of procurement at pharmaceutical firm Roche.

Discounts, Guarantees and the Search for 'Good' Genes: The Booming Fertility Business

November 3, 2017

The Washington Post

When Julie Schlomer got the news that she was finally pregnant at the age of 43, her thoughts turned to the other mothers. There were three of them in all, complete strangers, but they shared an extraordinary bond made possible by 21st-century medicine and marketing: They were all carrying half-siblings.

Wildfires Scorched Marijuana Crops, Complicating Rollout of Legal Sales

October 30, 2017

The Washington Post

The deadly wildfires that ravaged communities and wineries in Northern California also severely damaged numerous marijuana farms, just before the state is expected to fully legalize the drug, in a disaster that could have far-reaching implications for a nascent industry.

How Big Pharma's Money, and Its Politicians, Feed the U.S. Opioid Crisis

October 26, 2017

The Guardian

Donald Trump was not wrong. Hours before his nominee for "drug czar" withdrew from consideration over his part in a law limiting the Drug Enforcement Administration's ability to crack down on pharmaceutical distributors feeding the U.S.'s opioid epidemic, the president took a shot at the influence of drug companies over Congress.

Opinion: Driving the Clinically Integrated Healthcare Supply Chain

October 24, 2017

Paul Martyn, supply chain consultant, Forbes contributor

The undisputed Holy Grail in healthcare supply chain management practice is essentially everything related to its effective clinical integration. It's about getting clinical professionals and supply chain professionals on the same page and/or out of their own way - to streamline the delivery of patient benefit.

Healthcare

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the healthcare industry. Learn how healthcare companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.