Supply Chain

DHL garners headlines with a 'parcelcopter' delivering daily drugs to remote North Sea island

Often, needless cost and complexity--without improving quality and safety--impede cold chain packaging planning

Service providers are building out a wider range of services to meet drug developers' needs

Meanwhile, competitor CSafe Global broadens its containers' usability

The drive for lower costs, safer products

Never a better time to connect, listen, learn and share

Closer tracking of small-parcel shipments helps meet regulatory requirements

Organization hires BSI Supply Chain Solutions to lead international joint audit program

Certis pallet shipper employs new convection features and simplified preparation steps

Infosys/Lodestone upgrade integrates with SAP systems for managing closer collaborations with trial partners

Authorization enables the Frankfurt depot to ship to non-EU countries without filing EU paperwork

There is new evidence that cold storage systems used for clinical products and samples is at risk from poorly designed, installed or maintained refrigeration systems. Here's what to do about it.

Products could cut time-to-market in injectables R&D

Clinical Trials Supply Chain Solutions (CTSCS) becomes Clinical Supply Solutions (CSS)

Global industry will spend $8.36 billion on cold chain logistics this year

A new federal law sets the US industry's agenda for years to come; efforts globally are moving ahead

Facility will produce both biologics and small molecules

Risk in other parts of the world remain higher and may be rising

Customized Wi-Fi network brings temperature monitoring to lab freezers and other refrigeration equipment

Drug Quality and Security Act's timetables for FDA, manufacturers, wholesalers, dispensers and 3PLs

Walgreens' Pharma Dynamics subsidiary will be merged into CareMetx

An inaugural planning meeting was held in November; meanwhile China cracks down on online sales

Rising production and trade, along with tightening regulations, make life sciences an attractive target for air cargo and logistics services

IAG Cargo's Heathrow facility is up and running; FedEx has begun construction of a facility at its Memphis hub

Exhibition brings out the latest in temperature-controlled shipping

While pharma manufacturers may be concerned about the impact of item-level inventory tracking, it's an idea that actually makes great business sense

Come September, all eyes will be on federal legislation that is close to final passage