Abbott signs seven-year deal with Premier:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Abbott Laboratories has signed a seven-year "multi-billion" dollar contract with Premier, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based hospital purchasing group. The contract extends a previous agreement, which covered items such as imaging agents, and areas including critical care and immunochemistry. The new terms also include patient-controlled analgesia, haematology and anaesthesia trays.
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