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What will it take to make more PPE in the US?

What will it take to make more PPE in the US?

A southern Virginia factory, which is the only facility in the U.S. that is equipped to make medical-grade synthetic rubber for exam gloves, isn't actually making any at all. Neither are two other factories — one in Maryland, one in New Hampshire — that are supposed...

Firms donate PPE to Israel search and rescue

Medical device makers Dentec Safety Specialists and United Safety Technology (UST) are assisting in efforts to send aid to Israel in response to the Oct. 7 terror attacks, as part of the American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA). The AMMA-led effort will make...

UST partners with Dentec, AMMA to support search and rescue in Israel

UST partners with Dentec, AMMA to support search and rescue in Israel

United Safety Technologies is partnering with Dentec Safety Specialists and the American Medical Manufacturers Association to provide reusable respirators to ZAKA, a voluntary search and rescue organization in Israel. BALTIMORE—United Safety Technology is partnering...

The HealthIL organization

The HealthIL organization

The HealthIL organization, which helps the health system implement new technologies to improve the quality of medicine, created a collaboration with SafeSource Direct, which supplies personal protective equipment, and the American Personal Medical Equipment...

COVID-19 economy wanes along with pandemic’s urgency

COVID-19 economy wanes along with pandemic’s urgency

Giant drugmaker Pfizer has cut its revenue forecast for the year by $9 billon, largely due to weaker-than-expected sales of the company’s COVID-19 booster and the treatment Paxlovid. Like so many darlings of the COVID economy, Pfizer has seen a dramatic reversal of...