Caroline Catherman

San Francisco

@MorningBrew health reporter. Past: @OrlandoSentinel, @CNN. Alumna @EmoryUniversity, @MedillSchool. [email protected] || 🏳️‍🌈

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Recall roundup: FDA medical device recalls during June 2025

1 week ago | healthcare-brew.com | Caroline Catherman

Are you curious about all the ways that multimillion-dollar medtech can go wrong? If so, you’re in the right place!Welcome to Recall Roundup, a noncomprehensive roundup of recent FDA Class I recalls—the most severe and potentially life-threatening kind. Recalls range from correcting an issue to removing a device from the market altogether. With that, let’s get into it!Blood products administration set recall.
On Rotation: June 2025 health exec moves

1 week ago | healthcare-brew.com | Caroline Catherman

Welcome to June’s On Rotation!Each month, we highlight some of the major job changes in the healthcare sector, from small startups bringing in new leadership to big orgs trading seasoned execs. Here’s a noncomprehensive roundup of the past month’s career shifts. Have a job announcement to share? Drop Caroline an email at .
Pharma has laid off thousands in H1 2025

1 week ago | healthcare-brew.com | Caroline Catherman

This year has been a rollercoaster for the pharmaceutical industry, and at this point, it’s unclear whether the ride is about to stop or if we’re at the top of another drop. The industry overall has posted mixed earnings so far, with companies performing better than expected in some categories but falling short in others, Healthcare Brew previously reported.
Medical reprocessing industry hopes J&J verdict brings reform

1 week ago | healthcare-brew.com | Caroline Catherman

Hospitals and third-party companies have long been cleaning, retesting, and reusing medical devices, including those labeled as single-use, an approach known as “reprocessing.”Often, this can help cut down medical waste and save money, and it doesn’t appear to compromise safety: As of 2000, the FDA requires reprocessed devices to meet the same formal regulatory standards of the original products, including premarket testing.
Johns Hopkins researchers warn drug tariffs could worsen shortages

2 weeks ago | healthcare-brew.com | Caroline Catherman

With tariffs on the way “very shortly” for imported drugs, pharma giants like and Johnson & Johnson are investing billions into expanding US manufacturing. On the surface, it seems like tariffs are accomplishing the promised goal of bringing manufacturing back to the US.
Meet Cofertility, the startup making egg donation free-for some

2 weeks ago | healthcare-brew.com | Caroline Catherman

As egg freezing becomes increasingly popular, more and more patients are coming to a harsh realization: It’s not cheap. A single cycle including medications can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $15,000 according to drug discount company GoodRx, plus between $300 to $1,000 a year for storage. In most circumstances, it’s also not covered by insurance. Enter Cofertility.
Returning UnitedHealth CEO wants to do things differently

2 weeks ago | healthcare-brew.com | Caroline Catherman

If you like drama, we highly recommend tuning into UnitedHealth Group’s current happenings. The health insurer likely hoped to have a plot-twist-free 2025 after weathering the massive Change Healthcare data breach and executive Brian Thompson’s assassination in 2024. But an abysmal Q1 foreshadowed another tumultuous year. Execs blamed the poor performance largely on higher-than-expected utilization.
Baxter's recalled ventilator was so easy to hack, ‘a teenager’ could have done it

2 weeks ago | healthcare-brew.com | Caroline Catherman

There’s a cybersecurity problem breathing down the healthcare industry’s neck. On April 7, Baxter Healthcare pulled all 4,100+ Welch Allyn Life2000 ventilators due to severe cybersecurity concerns. The FDA labeled this a Class I recall, meaning these issues threatened patients’ lives, though the agency hasn’t reported any injuries or deaths.
The future of Florida’s unique ‘free kill’ malpractice law

3 weeks ago | healthcare-brew.com | Caroline Catherman

An attempt to overturn a one-of-a-kind Florida law—known by some critics as “free kill”—has recharged debate over how to reduce medical malpractice premiums. Passed in 1990 as part of the state’s Wrongful Death Act, Florida Statute 768.21 says only a legal spouse or child under 25 can sue for pain and suffering damages if an adult 25 or older dies due to medical malpractice.
Recall roundup: FDA medical device recalls during May 2025

3 weeks ago | healthcare-brew.com | Caroline Catherman

The FDA has historically posted press releases about Class I recalls—the most serious kind—on its medical device recall notifications webpage. But the agency posted only one press release about one Class I recall in April. We thought that was kinda weird, but moved on. Then, it posted only one recall again in May. Have medical devices suddenly become radically safer? Not quite.