For years now, various Congressional bills have proposed allowing drugs to be imported into the US from abroad, outside the control of drug manufacturers themselves. Now an analysis by the research arm of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (which is certainly […]
Read MoreWerum IT Solutions, providers of manufacturing execution systems (MES) and related IT, has a strategic partnership with Blood Centers of America (BCA), a network of independent blood centers that represent nearly 40% of the North American blood supply. The partnership […]
Read MoreBioLife Solutions, which has carved out a specialized niche in providing media to preserve refrigerated or frozen cells, is acquiring the remaining 56% of Savsu that it doesn’t already own. Together, the companies will offer research and commercial biopharma clients […]
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Given that nearly all pharmaceutical facilities operate under GMP guidelines, and in the most tightly controlled instances have sealed rooms, filtered air and operators walking around in bunny suits, it might be expected that pest control is a minimal priority. […]
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United Cargo is now the first US-based carrier to partner with SkyCell, a provider of a novel type of passive (non-powered) temperature-controlled container for pharma shipments. For life sciences shippers, the combination means that they will have other options when […]
Read MoreInteroperability. This is how the internet derives its usefulness. When you purchase a smartphone, tablet or computer you’re not worried about whether you’ll be able to connect to Google or Amazon, for example. You expect these connections to happen- and […]
Read MoreThe Haitian proverb, Dèyè mòn, gen mòn (Beyond mountains, more mountains) comes to mind when surveying the current scene in pharma traceability. The industry has been on a long slog to get appropriately barcoded labels on each saleable unit of […]
Read MorePharma Logistics, a longtime reverse-logistics provider, has broken ground on a new 127,000-sq. ft. facility in Libertyville, IL, near the company’s corporate offices (and near where the company was founded in 1996). The company’s reverse pharmaceutical-distribution services include rapid credit, […]
Read MoreDHL Supply Chain, the contract logistics part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, will add nine new warehouses and invest in new technology in its network of supply and service centers for pharma and med device customers. Overall capacity is expected […]
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As president and CEO of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance since 2004 (known as the Healthcare Distribution Management Assn. since 2016), John Gray oversaw the conversion of the association to a primary-distributor-only group in the mid-2000s, led industry involvement in the […]
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