Many pharma shipments—especially those requiring time-sensitive, temperature-controlled shipping, use air cargo, both domestically and internationally. And while the global air-cargo business has mostly been operating in a customary fashion (except for restrictions on airport receiving offices and some locations, in […]
Read MoreTwo coincidental announcements bring some name changes to the cold chain services field: TCP Reliable, a longtime provider of insulated packages and services for temperature-controlled shipments, is now Integreon Global. Meanwhile, at CSafe Global, the provider of powered, temperature-controlled air-freight […]
Read MoreAlong with several other recent corporate actions, Pelican BioThermal has acquired NanoCool, an Albuquerque, NM developer of innovative solutions for transporting temperature-controlled life sciences products. Terms were not disclosed. NanoCool has been providing a variety of packaging methods for cold […]
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It’s tough to hold a grand opening ceremony in the aftermath of a natural disaster, but CSafe Global has a special reason for doing so: its RKN and RAP air-cargo containers are being used to move temperature-controlled pharmaceuticals into and […]
Read MorePTG, which has been in the business of supplying packaging for pharma cold-chain transportation for 15 years, will open a new facility in Louisville, KY, in April. Current manufacturing is handled in Fall River, MA. “This new location reinforces our […]
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Just after New Year’s, FDA published its annual list of “novel” drugs, which include New Drug Applications (NDAs), some Biologic License Applications (BLAs) and some incidental categories, totaling 48 (see Table). While down somewhat from 2018’s total of 59, the […]
Read MoreAs we cross the threshold into a new decade in 2020, it’s a time to take stock of the significant changes that transformed the pharmaceutical cold chain industry during the past decade. The years from 2010 through 2019 indelibly altered […]
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The Healthcare Distribution Alliance’s annual Factbook is a compilation of industry statistics and survey data, based on its membership of full-line distributors who only deal directly with manufacturers. The overall picture is one of higher volumes being moved through the […]
Read MorePharma service providers continue to build out capacity for the coming wave of biologic medicines. The latest expansions, both in the US Midwest, include a 280,000 sq. ft warehouse in Whitestown, IN, by Life Science Logistics. The facility will double […]
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At various points in most pharma supply chains, boxes of product pile up and need to be sorted. The pileup can occur at a distribution center, or in the central pharmacy of a hospital network, for example. Warehouse workers hustle […]
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