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Ambu, Xenecor ink purchasing deals for for single-use scopes

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Ambu and Xenocor over the past week each announced agreements with U.S. healthcare purchasing groups involving single-use scopes. Ambu said on October 7 that it won a national single-use endoscopy contract in the single-use endoscope category of a “major U.S. group-purchasing organization.” The deal enables Ambu to serve a fifth of the acute care hospitals […]

Ambu lands national single-use endoscope contract

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Ambu announced that it was awarded a single-use endoscopy contract in the category of surgical disposable scopes with Premier Inc. Columbia, Md.-based Ambu said in a news release that it was also the only supplier of single-use endoscopes designated to participate in Premier’s Surpass and Ascend purchasing programs. The three-year agreement creates a single-use endoscopy […]

Access Vascular logs GPO win with Premier contract

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Access Vascular said today that it won a group purchasing agreement for a breakthrough technology with Premier for the HydroPICC peripherally inserted central catheter. Bedford, Mass.-based Access Vascular’s HydroPICC is indicated for reduced thrombus accumulation. The catheter body is composed of biocompatible biomaterial, instead of the standard polyurethane as the material for the body. The […]

Hospitals sue BD, distributors, GPOs over alleged safety syringe monopoly

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A group of healthcare providers levied a purported class action against BD, its distributors and group purchasing organizations accusing them of running a monopoly on the U.S. safety syringe market. The lawsuit, brought in the U.S. District Court for Southern Illinois, was filed on behalf of “healthcare providers nationwide” by a group of providers “who […]

SuperSonic Imagine CEO Egelund out after 8 months | Personnel Moves

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SuperSonic Imagine said today its CEO Tom Egelund, only appointed as chief in April, will be replaced by supervisory board member Bernard Doorenbos who will operate as interim president and CEO. Doorenbos has held positions at Philips, Thomson CSF, Signaal USFA and acted as CEO of molds and plastic component company Axxicon Group NV, Neways Electronics […]

Premier buys healthcare software developer InFlow Health

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Premier Inc. (NSDQ:PINC) said today it acquired healthcare software developer Inflow Health for $6 million. Inflow Health’s software aggregates financial and operational data from physicians in medical groups to “perform precise calculations that pinpoint exactly where improvements can be made,” Premier said. “Given today’s public policy environment, providers have a real need for solutions that […]

Premier wins $9.3m CMS contract

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Premier Inc. (NSDQ:PINC) said today it won a $9.3 million contract from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to take part in the 2nd round of the Hospital Engagement Networks in the Partnership for Patients initiative. The goal of the program is reducing preventable readmissions to hospitals by 20% and reducing hospital-acquired conditions by […]