When it comes to the operation and optimization of supply chains, cold chain products have proven to be a temperamental obstacle. Medical and pharmaceutical companies have relied on temperature-controlled supply chains for several decades to preserve and maintain the usability […]
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Providers of temperature-controlled packaging, storage, and shipping capabilities for the biopharmaceutical industry are about to face their potentially finest moment. Though they are used to navigating a uniquely complex supply chain, today’s demands—framed by a worldwide pandemic—are unprecedented, and will […]
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The business of delivering temperature-controlled pharmaceuticals and healthcare products has been on a strong growth path for over a decade, but now that growth will jump dramatically. And it’s not just the preparations for delivering millions-to-billions of vaccine dosages (whenever […]
Read MoreAtelerix, a biotech startup spun out of Newcastle University in 2017, is targeting a key problem of cellular and tissue therapies: the need to cryopreserve (often, at temperatures of -170°C, with liquid nitrogen) human (and mammalian) cells. In early September, […]
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Where tracking is performed in today’s supply chains, it is usually done semi-automatically: barcodes are scanned and location noted at the scanning point. Now, with SenseAware ID, a lightweight sensor that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communications to link to […]
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Numerous observers (among them the Pharmaceutical Commerce Cold Chain Sourcebook) have documented the growth of temperature-controlled delivery services over the past few years. This growth continued during 2020, but now it’s on steroids: forecasters are seeing (and worrying about) the […]
Read MoreFinancial analysts at SVB Leerink, a bank, are latching onto preliminary data from vaccine developers to make some estimates of commercial viability, according to reports published in Fierce Pharma. While the information gives some insight into what could happen as […]
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On the heels of what would normally be considered a major acquisition by a relatively small company—Cryoport’s purchase of Paris-based CryoPDP—the company is now leaping ahead with a new acquisition: the life sciences business, MVE Biological Solutions, of Chart Industries. […]
Read MoreCryoport, whose business a few years ago was mostly around providing metal containers (dewars) for cryogenic shipping of life sciences materials, has now become a global player with a focus on the rapidly evolving cell and gene therapy (CGT) field. […]
Read MoreSaying it is “expanding an existing partnership with the Centers for Disease Control,” the Irving, TX firm has announced its designation as the “centralized” distributor of future Covid-19 vaccines. “We are honored that the U.S. government has asked McKesson to […]
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