Pharma logistics providers have long experience in cold chain management—generally, keeping pharmaceuticals at 2-8°C during storage and shipment. The push in recent years for cellular and genetic therapies, which can involve live cells, has created a growing need for so-called […]
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Pharma Logistics has officially opened its new reverse-distribution center in Libertyville, expanding and combining previous operations in Mundelein and Libertyville, IN. Part of the growth opportunity comes from the October 2019 acquisition of the pharmaceutical reverse-logistics business of Stericyle, a […]
Read MoreFor several years now, various players around the logistics of temperature-senstive pharmaceuticals have looked into blockchain technology, and some have adopted blockchain-like features in their data-handling systems. Now, one of the leading providers of cold-chain packaging—Sonoco ThermoSafe—is plunging in with […]
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Following right behind the intense buzz around vaccines for Covid-19 is the buzz for how approved vaccines (and therapies) will get to 330 million American patients overnight. That is, of course, an oversimplification: sufficient product won’t be available all at […]
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For several years now, Pelican Biothermal has been promoting the use of reusable, high-performance packaging in cold chain shipments; to this end it has established a global network of sales, service and return-logistics offices. (The company also sells single-use packaging.) […]
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Read MoreThere are centrifugal and centripetal forces carrying along the drive toward pharma traceability today: forces that bring the pharma supply chain into a more united and cohesive effort (centripetal); forces that are sending supply chain participants in different directions (centrifugal). […]
Read MoreHaving committed $150 million to life sciences resources in the US in 2019, DHL Supply Chain is upping its ante with a new round of investment, totaling $70 million. Expansions are planned at Las Vegas, Memphis and Indianapolis, plus two […]
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United Cargo says that it has been working with logistics partners to deliver approximately 35,000 lb of blood plasma, weekly, among a variety of international locations during recent months, despite the difficulties in air freight created by the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
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Within the next 30 months, some US pharmaceutical wholesalers are planning to be traceability-ready in accordance with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). To some that might sound like plenty of time. To those of us with years of […]
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