Hospira gets new contracts

LAKE FOREST Hospira, a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, announced today that the new national infusion pump and solutions and equipment agreements with Novation became effective Oct. 1.

Novation is the health care supply contracting company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista.

The contracts provide the members served by Novation with continued access to Hospira infusion pumps, related sets and disposable devices, along with intravenous solutions, nutritionals and drug delivery products. These awards provide Hospira contract access for the first time to the 300 UHC member hospitals. The new agreements are effective for five years.