Policy makers are now assessing pandemic experiences from the healthcare supply chain, and seeking insights on how to harden the pipeline of essential medical products against unpredictable ...

The Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984, which gave rise to the modern generic drug market, was one of the most significant cost-reducing policy innovations of the last 40 years. In 2021 alone, the use of ...

Powerful drug-industry middlemen have quietly reorganized the prescription-drug supply chain. They've set up group-purchasing organizations to get more leverage when negotiating with drugmakers.

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medical device and technology company Lazurite today announced an agreement with CHAMPS Group Purchasing (GPO), a business affiliate of The Center for Health Affairs, ...

Navigator Group Purchasing, a subsidiary of Managed Health Care Associates, has reached an agreement with Extendicare Health Services Inc. to purchase its group purchasing subsidiary, UHF/Star ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. & MEADVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a strategic move to grow its presence in the Group Purchasing industry, Pandion Optimization Alliance has announced the acquisition of Vantage ...

The following are six of the largest group purchasing organizations ranked by acute-care hospital members, according to each organization’s self-reported* numbers. 1. MedAssets (Alpharetta, Ga.) — ...

Accor has transformed procurement from a cost-control function into a source of sustainability, a risk mitigation tool, and a major business driver. Here’s how Astore, the company’s dedicated group ...

CINCINNATI, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- First Student, a trusted leader in school transportation for millions of families, announced today that its alternative transportation division, First Alt ® ...

PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Navigator Group Purchasing, Inc., a Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA) Company, and the largest and most experienced full-service GPO ...