Having invested in software developer Vineti, Cardinal Health has now announced a collaboration to link its data collection tools with Cardinal’s commercial services, including third-party logistics (3PL), order-to-cash management and patient support (through its Sonexus hub service). Additional tie-ins include […]
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Typically, pharma cold-chain shipments via active (powered) containers are tracked from when the container is loaded, to where the container is taken off an aircraft; many containers never leave an airport. Now, however, CSafe is enabling its container to move […]
Read MoreIt’s not every day that the relatively obscure topic of cold chain management of pharmaceutical specimens would make the New York Times … but May 17 was one. The newspaper ran a detailed story on how a La Jolla, CA […]
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The trickle of all-recyclable, bio-based packaging for pharmaceutical cold-chain shipments is starting to turn into a steady flow. The latest to join is Softbox, which introduced its TempCell ECO in January in Europe, and now in the US. Rather than […]
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There is a lot of common-sense value in FDA’s guidance, issued on April 30, to loosen some of the requirements that have gone into force since the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) was passed in 2013. That news comes […]
Read MoreIn the steadily growing field of cold chain services to biopharma, three recent actions are worth noting: DuPont, owners of the Tyvek brand of nonwoven, polymeric sheeting, are handing off the Tyvek Cargo Covers to Cold Chain Technologies, Inc., under […]
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Drone delivery—in a healthcare context—is taking another step forward, as UPS Flight Forward joins with CVS to deliver prescriptions to The Villages, a Florida retirement community of 135,000 residents. Avoiding the need to have elderly consumers trek to the local […]
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The 11th edition of the Biopharma Cold Chain Sourcebook has been published by Pharmaceutical Commerce. The annual edition forecasts an overall market for cold chain services (packaging, transportation and data services) of $17.2 billion in 2020, up from 2019’s $15.7 […]
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Automation exists in most hospital pharmacies, but there are crucial gaps and onerous workarounds. “Medication intelligence” would be the preferred approach, according to an annual survey by Kit Check, a hospital-pharmacy solutions provider. A related—and worrisome—problem is controlling diversion of […]
Read MoreWith infection rates from Covid-19 peaking in parts of the developed world, the global pharma development and delivery industry is now settling in for what will be a long period of heightened activity and modified practices. All this is occurring […]
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