A pair of announcements involving TraceLink, a leading provider of software for compliance with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) point to the future value of DSCSA’s original purpose: to more closely track pharmaceutical packages as they flow through […]
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Varcode (Chicago and Ra’anana, Israel), which has been in business for less than five years with an application mostly focused on perishable food shipments, is now targeting the life sciences industry. The company has a handful of clients, with one […]
Read MoreOctober 1st in Chicago’s’ Museum Campus district will mark the 4th Cold Chain Council for the pharma, healthcare and chemical industries. This educational forum will feature panel discussions and presentations by top executives and tech experts discussing the new decade […]
Read MorePharmaceutical Commerce’s 2019 Cold Chain Special Report captures two significant trends in the industry: the shift toward “cold chain as a service” by vendors of packaging and instrumentation, and the steady growth of data—its collection, distribution and analysis—as a key […]
Read MoreFrequent cold chain temperature excursions afflict pharma supply chains around the world, putting patients at risk and generating intensive workflows and waste for pharma companies. The costs due to failures in temperature-controlled logistics is estimated at approximately $35 billion per […]
Read MoreHaving acquired Millmount Healthcare, near Dublin, in 2017, PCI Pharma Services is now expanding the packaging and logistics capabilities at the site. A 75,000-sq.ft. expansion will be completed in the next several months, enabling more primary and secondary packaging, storage, […]
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Sonoco ThermoSafe, a leading provider of temperature-controlled packages for life sciences shipments, has struck an exclusive development and manufacturing partnership with a company called AeroTuf. The latter has carved out its own market for unit-load devices (ULDs) used in air […]
Read MoreUPS has announced that it is forming a subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward Inc., and applying for FAA Part 135 certification, in order to provide commercial-scale, revenue-generating drone deliveries within the US. Part 135 certification, among other things, allows for providers […]
Read MoreAlthough pharma logistics remains a minuscule part of the global logistics industry (by volume), its ability to command premium services has continually made it a go-to opportunity for warehousing, trucking, air cargo and ocean freight businesses around the world. That, […]
Read MoreMarken, the clinical logistics subsidiary of UPS, has acquired HRTL (Italy) HETO (Austria) and Der Kurier (Hungary), which cumulatively have been delivering 7,000 clinical trail shipments per month in their regions. According to Marken, each of the group’s locations are […]
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