Cold Chain

As cold-chain hardware vendors tout their new service orientation, the value of data rises

Collecting and reporting data in near real time cuts costs and reduces risk

More clinical packaging and logistics capacity

Pegasus unit-load device said to be first officially approved passive version

Builds on its experience with WakeMed project for intra-hospital specimen delivery

Cold Chain Technologies and AeroSafe Global are the beneficiaries of multi-million-dollar investments

Focus is on clinical supplies in Italy, Austria and Hungary; unified management in the UK

Integrating Savsu emperature-controlled shipping containers with BioLife’s biopreservation media

Company garners a Best Air Cargo Carrier-NA award in Hong Kong

Contract logistics provider will have 30 facilities by the end of this year

10th edition of the Biopharma Cold Chain Sourcebook predicts above-average growth

Acquires Astero Bio Corp., developer of thawing devices

Multiple locations in Mexico and Brazil can now be served more quickly

Three more locations join continents

Expansions in the capability of supply chain participants to manage temperature-controlled pharmaceuticals

Broader capabilities for refrigerated or cryogenic transport of cellular materials

Field trial results to be unveiled at upcoming meeting

Partnership with Dacos A/S; FDA will look closer at cellular and genetic therapies

Action consolidates leading courier companies with larger freight forwarders

The carbon footprint of shipping alternatives is also becoming a competitive issue

Insulcap thermal barriers are sourced from Wilpak Global

Rockford, IL, site will get dedicated refrigerated packaging capacity

A20 product line is designed for lower-cost, less demanding shipping conditions

Ownership of supply chain data is becoming contentious