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 […]
Read MoreCSafe, which has a line of active (powered) air-freight containers as well as the AcuTemp line of passive parcel shippers, has new service centers in Shanghai, China; Zurich, Switzerland; and Stockholm, Sweden. It now has 40 stations across the globe. […]
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Wes Wheeler, current CEO of the clinical logistics provider (and UPS subsidiary) Marken, is now president of UPS Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS), the newly reorganized unit of UPS. As announced last month, UPS’s HCLS unit includes Marken, Polar Speed, […]
Read MoreMarken, the UPS subsidiary that specializes in clinical supply storage and delivery, is planning multiple expansions in Europe, Asia and South America: Marken Korea’s new Clinical Supply Center (depot) will be 1,792 sq. m. of GMP-compliant space located near the […]
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In steady, stepwise fashion, UPS is making progress toward a commercial business of delivering healthcare products by drone in the US. The latest action is an agreement with AmerisourceBergen, a leading wholesaler-distributor, to use drones to deliver “certain pharmaceuticals, supplies […]
Read MoreA 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 […]
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