Premier, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Premier, Inc. has announced new contracts with suppliers, which are available to its acute care and continuum of care members (unless otherwise noted). Below are the agreements by effective date.

April 1, 2015

Breast Pump Equipment and Accessories Technology Breakthroughs Award

  • Neonatal Product Group, Inc. dba Creche Innovations of Stilwell, Kansas

June 1, 2015

Knotless Tissue Closure Device

  • Covidien Sales LLC of Mansfield, Massachusetts
  • Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc., of Piscataway, New Jersey
  • Surgical Specialties Corporation of Reading, Pennsylvania

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band Products

  • Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. of Austin, Texas
  • Ethicon, Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, of Somerville, New Jersey
    • Agreement is available only to members that are acute care facilities or surgery centers

Patient Medication Compliance Devices

  • Daya Medicals Inc. of Waterloo, Ontario

July 1, 2015

Vetebral Compression Fracture Repair Products

  • CareFusion 2200, Inc. of San Diego, California
  • DFINE Inc, a small business enterprise, of San Jose, California
  • Stryker Sales Corporation of Portage, Michigan

August 1, 2015

Batteries and Battery Products

  • Artisan Power, LLC, a small business enterprise of Hudson, Massachusetts
  • Energizer Battery, Inc.of St. Louis
  • The Procter & Gamble Distributing, LLC of Cincinnati

Digital Pathology Systems, Accessories and Service

  • Leica Biosystems Imaging, Inc. of Vista, California

Disposable Anesthesia Products

  • Medline Industries Inc of Mundelein, Illinois
  • Pall Corporation of Port Washington, New York
  • Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. of St. Paul Minnesota
  • Vital Signs Inc., a CareFusion company of San Diego, California

Mobility Aids

  • Alco Sales & Service Co, a small business enterprise, of Burr Ridge, Illinois
  • Medline Industries Inc of Mundelein, Illinois

OR Accessory Products

  • Covidien Sales LLC of Mansfield, Massachusetts
  • Mectra Labs, Inc., a minority owned business, of Bloomfield, Indiana
  • Viscot Medical LLC, a vetern owned of East Hanover, New Jersey

OR Patient Positioning Products

  • Covidien Sales LLC of Mansfield, Massachusetts
  • David Scott Co. of Framingham, Massachusetts

Patient Warming - Blood and Fluid Warming

  • 3M Company of Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Vital Signs Inc., a CareFusion Company, of San Diego, California
  • Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. of Saint Paul, Minnesota

Patient Warming - Convective Warming Blankets

  • 3M Company of Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products, Inc., a woman-owned business enterprise, of Cincinnati
  • Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. of Saint Paul, Minnesota

Plasticware and Glassware - Research

  • Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc. of Monroe, North Carolina
  • Sarstedt, Inc. of Newton, North Carolina

Wound Drainage Products

  • Cardinal Health 200, LLC of Waukegan, Illinois
  • Bard Medical Division of Covington, Georgia

September 1, 2015

Air Filtration Products

  • Camfil USA, Inc. of Riverdale, New Jersey
  • HEPACART, Inc of Merriam, Kansas
  • Koch Filter Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky
  • Tri-Dim Filter Corporation of Louisa, Virginia

For May's contract announcements, click here.

About Premier, Inc. Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of approximately 3,400 U.S. hospitals and 110,000 other providers to transform healthcare. With integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services, Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Premier, a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, plays a critical role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating with members to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and improve the way care is delivered to patients nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier is passionate about transforming American healthcare.www.premierinc.com; as well as Twitter,Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Foursquare and Premier's blog for more information about the company.

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