Health Industry Today articles from November 1998

Health Industry Today archives from November 1998

Advanced wound care is a hot market just heating up By Curt Werner.
November 1, 1998... All signs point to a hot market for wound care products with big manufacturers and upstarts alike angling to make the splashiest launches and reap the biggest dividends. This is a market where end-users have long been known for a voracious...

Disgruntled supplier group cries foul in public dismay with GPOs By Curt Werner.
November 1, 1998... Robert Betz says he is "mystified" by the tactics and the game plan set in motion by a group of small manufacturers seeking to break what they argue is a logjam created by group purchasing organizations. The vendors are convinced that this...

industry news.
November 1, 1998... Guidant acquires Intermedics from Sulzer on a sliding scale basis Guidant Corp. shrewdly structured its acquisition of Sulzer Medica's Intermedics and Sulzer Osypka electrophysiology business by crafting a clever design that could be...

contract notes.
November 1, 1998... Nycomed Amersham Imaging, Princeton, N.J., signed a contract with Irving, Texas-based Novation to provide the full line of X-ray and MRI contrast media products to participating Novation members. The exclusive five-year agreement takes effect...

Columbia seeks $10 million in lawsuit against former purchasing executive.(Columbia/HCA healthcare Corp. sues Sam Greco)
November 1, 1998... Sam Greco, the top purchasing executive for Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. during the powerful chain's heyday, and for years a familiar figure to any supplier executive who negotiated a contract with the Nashville, Tenn.-based giant, was slapped...

Statement from HIGPA on safety-enhancing technologies.
November 1, 1998... "Health technology manufacturers currently have access to purchasers through market-based competition. There are many excellent safety-enhancing devices on the market and many more in the development pipeline. GPOs already have contracts with...

HIGPA kudos to Mulroy, Siegle, McKesson, MAGNET.
November 1, 1998... Joe Mulroy, the retired president of the St. Louis-based GPO AmeriNet, and Donald Siegle, a former executive with the AmeriNet shareholder Hospital Shared Services, Warrendale, Pa., were honored by the Health Industry Group Purchasing Assn....

nci health care executive forum IDN and GPO contracting present special challenges By Paula DeJohn.
November 1, 1998... A full 80% of vendors polled at the recent Health Care Executive Forum said they have lost at least one contract due to consolidation of a group purchasing organization or a merger of hospital customers. Of these, 20% said they have lost...

around the industry.
November 1, 1998... Xomed Surgical Products Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Sofamor Danek Group Inc., Memphis, Tenn. The deal calls for Sofamor Danek to grant Xomed exclusive worldwide rights to a new ENT image-guided...

stockless scorecard.
November 1, 1998... Stockless signings continue in face of consolidation Stockless distribution programs, widely thought to be dead or dying, appear to be far from that. Health Industry Today's quarterly measurement of stockless programs revealed that two...

trade show news.
November 1, 1998... Show biz Editor's Note: If a trade show or expo you are or were involved with increased (or decreased) the number of participants, exhibitors or floor space, let HIT know. We're also interested in your reactions to today's trade shows. ...

newsmakers.(includes multiple briefs on executive appointments)
November 1, 1998... n Abbott Laboratories: Christopher Begley was named vice president of the Abbott HealthSystems division of this Abbott Park, Ill.-based medical products manufacturer. The Abbott HealthSystems division is s corporate marketing organization that...