Medline explains that it uses federally chartered air cargo flights to bring supplies it has purchased through its existing network of overseas suppliers. without worrying about antitrust complaints that would normally apply if companies as large as Medline, Cardinal Health, McKesson, Owens & Minor and Henry Schein, all partners in the program, were to work together to gain control over pricing and distribution in the marketplace. Medline is one of five companies to receive a federal waiver that allows them to coordinate the sale of personal protective equipment throughout the U.S. What's less well-known is that one of the five companies participating in the project is Northfield's own Medline Industries, a major supplier of medical products ranging from face masks, one of the hottest commodities in the world right now, to baby blankets. Pritzker has singled out the program for criticism on national television. health supplies manufacturers has earned its share of scrutiny, especially since Illinois Gov. " Project Airbridge" has become better known than its organizers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency might have planned: The public-private partnership between FEMA and a handful of U.S.
The effort, however, has drawn criticism-including from Illinois' governor.
NORTHFIELD, Ill.-The Northfield medical products giant is a partner in Project Airbridge, a federal effort to expedite shipment of medical supplies from overseas to U.S.
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