What the global biopharma industry collectively spends to ship temperature-controlled products will reach $15.7 billion in 2019, up from 2018’s predicted figure of $15.0 billion. There are trends toward increased use of ocean freight, while the spending on specialized packaging […]
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Pharmaceutical shippers using oceanborne freight usually worry about delivery delays, extreme environmental conditions and improper storage, but Heritage Pharma encountered a different hazard last summer: its container was knocked off a freighter while docked at the Port of Norfolk. The […]
Read MoreA fundamental fact of making the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) effective is that collaboration is required among participants in the entire pharma supply chain—manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies and health systems, and a long tail of specialized firms including logistics […]
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Using drones to make deliveries of pharmaceuticals and related healthcare products has been demo’ed in Africa, Europe and the US—and the service in Rwanda, with an operator known as Zipline, has been running for a couple years now. However, UPS […]
Read MoreNow operating over 1 million sq. ft. of capacity, with more than half dedicated to life sciences, MD Logistics has opened a fourth building at its Plainfield, IN, HQ. The new facility, with over 180,000 sq. ft. of capacity (the […]
Read MoreAt its annual conference and expo (Palm Desert, CA, March 10-13), the Healthcare Distribution Alliance awarded its Distribution management Award to two innovative projects in pharma distribution: the MediLedger Project, managed by Chronicled, and the Cubixx CT At-Home Clinical Trial […]
Read MoreDHL Express has launched DHL Medical Express between Brazil and the US, and Mexico and the US, in light of higher demand from the life sciences industry for faster and more predictable lead times, according to the company. The enhanced […]
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On March 6, Woodfield Distribution LLC (WDSrx) celebrated the grand opening of its Lockbourne, OH, distribution center, a 73,000-sq. ft. site that will handle pharmaceuticals, veterinary and OTC products. That follows on the heels of an expansion in its Florida […]
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Autonomous vehicles are all the rage in Silicon Valley, between pilotless drones to self-driving cars, trucks and other vehicles. Now, FedEx is stepping into the fray, working with DEKA Development & Research Corp., the company most famous for the Segway […]
Read MoreIt has been a long-sought goal of US wholesalers to obtain some guidance from the Drug Enforcement Administration on “suspicious” orders of controlled substances. By knowing, for example, that one pharmacy or healthcare facility was ordering large quantities of such […]
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