Global biopharma logistics spending ($billions) Fig 1. Cold-chain logistics spending is forecast to grow to more than $16 billion by 2020 Global biopharma sales ($billions) trend 2014–2020 Fig 2. Sales of cold-chain drugs and biologics will outpace overall industry […]
Read MoreOriginally designed for oncology products, the Flexi-Cap Protect packaging elements will be showcased at the upcoming Interphex Exhibition (New York, NY, April 26−28). In addition to the cap, which covers the closure and upper part of the container, a second […]
Read MoreQuad-C Management (Charlottesville, VA), a mid-market private equity firm, has announced an investment in Inmark Packaging, a supplier of rigid containers and life sciences packaging. Inmark has been on a role in the past couple years; last year it acquired […]
Read MoreIt remains to be seen how much of an election issue healthcare will be over the course of this year; the Republican Congress’ never-ending attempt to repeal Obamacare (specifically, the individual mandate for healthcare insurance) hasn’t been a top-of-mind issue […]
Read MoreOn Feb. 29, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a news release announcing that it had held a meeting with “industry leaders representing the prescription drug supply chain” during which “way to minimize pharmaceutical diversion while maintaining legitimate commerce and patient […]
Read MoreWhat might be called a next wave in digital sales aids is coming into focus at Intouch Solutions, a digital agency that specializes in DSA development and distribution. The company performed an initial survey back in 2011, finding that physicians […]
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As experience with viral outbreaks grows globally, something of a collective response beyond ad-hoc actions is developing. In the case of the Zika virus—known to exist for many years, but now a growing threat primarily in South America—the latest news […]
Read MoreBy means of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, the EU has set the deadline for member states (with some exceptions) to have a authentication process, based on serial numbers on individual pharma packages, in place three […]
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News continues to percolate as manufacturers, contract packagers and others implement serialization systems, a necessary step to compliance with the looming November 2017 deadline of the US Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). (Deadlines in other countries are also […]
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John Doyle Quintiles Ryan Million Trinity There is a perception that national vaccination programs, or even just individual vaccinations for, say, travelers going abroad, has been motoring along for decades, due to the near-universal acclaim that vaccination has […]
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