The story: The high price of freight and raw materials continues to be a major problem for a number of companies in the health care supply chain.
In recent earnings calls, leaders from 3M, Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BD), Cardinal Health, Owens and Minor, and AmerisourceBergen all called out the increasing cost of freight, logistics and raw materials as a big hurdle for the remainder of 2021.
“What we have seen is a broad-based increase in all commodities. … And then logistics cost has continued...
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