Listen " Crisis Managed: Baxter’s Approach to Supply Resiliency after being hit with Hurricane Helene "
Episode Synopsis
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, host Tom Salemi speaks with Cecilia Soriano, global president of Infusion Therapies and Technologies at Baxter. Soriano details how the company responded after Hurricane Helene severely damaged its North Carolina facility last fall. With floodwaters halting operations and disrupting supplies—especially IV bags—Baxter had to make bold, fast decisions to get back online. Soriano shares key lessons in crisis response and supply chain resiliency.
This episode is sponsored by Aptyx. Go to Aptyx.com to find more information on how Aptyx works with medical device companies.
If you want to see the video reference in the talk, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j091JNt-SLc.
We’ll start the episode with this week’s Newsmarker’s Newsmakers. Managing Editor Kayleen Brown joins Salemi and MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker to highlight the week’s biggest news from Zimmer Biomet, Hologic, Abbott, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic.
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