Health Care Sector

Industry Roundup

Cleanroom/Sterile Conditions

Ahlstrom-Munksjo begins producing filtration, energy storage materials with new glass microfiber media machine at its Turin, Italy, plant; line supports increasing global demand for filtration in markets such as clean rooms, HVAC, hydraulic applications
Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj (04/07)

Life science solutions provider Ezi-Dock Systems purchases a £6M, 50,000-sq.-ft. facility in Barlborough, England, which houses a new Class 7 cleanroom and engineering, R&D, warehousing activities; Ezi to install six additional injection molding machines
Ezi-Dock Systems Ltd. (04/05)

Cold Chain Logistics

JBS USA announces plans for a 200,000 square-foot 'blast freezing' and cold storage building in Windsor, Colorado; the building could have a US$102.9M economic impact and create about 80 jobs, company says
The Gazette (04/06)

Digital Medicine/Telemedicine

Euromonitor: Top global health trends include healthier consumer behaviors, personalized healthcare, new normal of digital healthcare, more sustainable healthcare like production of greener and reusable items, 3D printing as alternative to manufacturing
Euromonitor International Ltd. (04/07)

Walmart to add health care clinics to five stores in Florida, including in-person and telehealth care services; company says it is looking to address demand for care as there is currently only one primary care doctor per 1,380 Florida residents
Florida Times-Union (04/06)

In-Store Pharmacy

AmerisourceBergen’s Good Neighbor Pharmacy group allocates more than 5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as part of Federal Retail Pharmacy Program; nearly 52% of the more than 1,600 pharmacies in the Good Neighbor group in socially vulnerable communities
AmerisourceBergen Corp. (04/07)

Albertsons customers now able to use supplemental benefits to purchase over-the-counter medications, fresh produce; program includes pre-paid cards funded by Medicare Advantage plans, employer incentives, healthcare providers, local governments
Business Wire (04/05)

Patient Compliance/Adherence/Usability

Jones Healthcare launches FlexRx One blister pack; the unit-dose adherence package is ideal for pharmacies using centralized fulfillment or automation in-house, is made of Bio-PET bioplastic, is readily recyclable across most households in North America
Contify Life Science News (04/05)

Pharmaceutical Ingredients

AmerisourceBergen creates AB Health Ventures venture capital fund to invest in emerging healthcare startups; US$150M fund to focus on pharmacy and distribution, pharmaceuticals, practice solutions for healthcare providers, animal health
AmerisourceBergen Corp. (04/07)

Temperature Controlled Packaging

UK start-up TymeFood refreshes its packaging with Mondi’s BCoolBox, which keeps meals chilled to 7°C or below without refrigeration; BCoolBox features an all-corrugated, mono-material construction, can be thrown into the paper sorting bin
Mondi Group (04/07)

Pelican Products, which designs and manufactures protective cases and temperature-controlled packaging, announces promotion of Piero Marigo to president of international business; Marigo to lead overall direction and strategy of EMEAI, Asia, Australia
PR Newswire (04/05)

Women's Health Issues

Horizon Therapeutics reports Phase 3 trial shows Uplizna inebilizumab-cdon injectable effective for patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder after one attack; NMOSD most common in women, people of African, Asian descent
Horizon Therapeutics Plc. (04/06)

Health Care & Wellness

HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee, Florida, opens new US$17M 53,000 square-foot medical office, allowing expansion of private rooms, emergency, imaging departments in hospital; 100-bed acute care hospital served 24,000 patients in ER last year
Okeechobee News (04/07)

Kerecis medical fish skin tissue regeneration, protection products available at Healogics Wound Care Centers to treat chronic wounds; company says products rich in fatty acids, have no disease-transfer risk, with faster wound healing than other products
Business Wire (04/07)

As of March 31, Quest Diagnostics performed 65.7 million COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests, 8.2 million antibody tests; Quest reports test capacity of 300,000 diagnostic tests per day, 350,000 antibody tests per day, one day average turnaround
Quest Diagnostics Inc. (04/07)

Pharmaceuticals/Nutraceuticals

Teva Pharmaceuticals recalls lot 31329657B of IDArubicin hydrochloride injection USP 5 mg/5 mL vial at user level in US because of particulates in one vial; recall involves 1,565 vials distributed from December 4, 2020 to August 18, 2021
Contify Life Science News (04/07)

Janssen announces new Phase 3 Voyager PAD analyses reinforce benefit of oral Xarelto rivaroxaban and aspirin in patients with peripheral artery disease, various co-morbid conditions; PAD affects 20 million adults in US, with only 8.5 million diagnosed
PR Newswire (04/06)

AstraZeneca's ETESIAN Phase 2b trial shows ZD8233 antisense oligonucleotide injectable reduces LDL cholesterol levels by 73% in patients with high-risk hypercholesterolemia; over half of cardiovascular disease patients do not meet LDL-C goals
AstraZeneca AB (04/06)

Health Care & Medical Packaging

TekniPlex to exhibit products at MD&M West show in Anaheim, California, April 12-14; showcase includes multilayer infusion tubing for drugs suspended in solvents, paper barrier packaging products that keep medical devices, solid oral products sterile
Tekni-Plex Inc. (04/07)

West scientists honored at 2022 PDS meeting in Dallas, Texas; Fran DeGrazio receives Edward Smith PDA Packaging Science Award while Liang Fang, Marissa Rase get Fred Simon Award for paper on excipient-container chemical reaction in prefilled syringes
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (04/06)

Commentary: Some US medical supplies could see price hikes due to Russia-Ukraine crisis, as some common raw materials come from the region, while oil price hikes could affect production of plastics used in supplies like syringes, pharmaceutical bottles
Becker's Hospital Review (04/05)

Health Care & Wellness group

Global catheter market projected to be US$37.5B by 2028, with 10.3% CAGR growth from 2022 to 2028, as chronic illnesses expand use of intravenous catheters; more than 1 million cardiac catheterization procedures performed in US annually
PR Newswire (04/07)

HIDA creates Environmental Services Council to offer networking, education for member companies that manufacture, distribute healthcare environmental services supplies, equipment; charter meeting scheduled for this month
Health Industry Distributors Assn. (HIDA) (04/07)

CMS announces free second booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines; certain immunocompromised people, those ages 50 years and older who received initial booster dose at least four months ago eligible for second booster
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (04/07)

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences group

FDA accepts priority review of Regeneron, Sanofi’s sBLA for injectable Dupixent dupilumab 300 mg weekly to treat eosinophilic esophagitis in adult, pediatric patients aged 12 years and older; 160,000 patients in US are currently treated for EoE
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (04/06)

IFF completes acquisition of its long-time probiotics partner Health Wright Products, maker of custom formulations, encapsulation, packing for dietary supplement industry; HWP to keep all 225 employees, continue to invest in capacity, expand capabilities
Business Wire (04/05)

Janssen gets Health Canada approval of Rybrevant amivantamab bispecific antibody injectable to treat adult patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer pending trial results; lung cancer accounts for 25% of cancer deaths in Canada
Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (04/05)

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