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Pharma logistics gathering highlights supply bottlenecks

The November 2018 deadlines for all-serialized product is looming

Existing ‘pay for performance’ models do not scale up well yet

Patient support (hub) services rise in lockstep with specialty pharmaceutical launches

Data drawn from collaborating sources can benefit the patient journey

Hub services enhance relationships with patients

Forecast is for 3-6% CAGR through 2022

Wide capacity range combines with CRT, refrigerated and frozen shipping

Deepens focus on logistics for direct-to-patient, cell and gene therapy and clinical trials execution

Thousands of human eggs and embryos may have been lost; meanwhile, industry research facilities shift to predictive maintenance

$67-billion Cigna bid, if permitted, would pull in the last large independent PBM

Will also expands capacity in the EU market

Cardinal’s Diane Pfahl is Industry Leader of the year

Company is also expanding in Australia

Financial analysis shows PBMs’ greater conversion of profits to earnings

AMA calls for more MAT; HDA calls for better sharing of suspicious-order data

Growing emphasis on machine learning for improving data quality

Dohmen Life Sciences Services is joined to a trio of recent acquisitions

Machine vision company acquires a geomatics firm to extend traceability to raw materials

High prices and questionable marketing activities muddy an otherwise bright picture

Rite Aid brand will be expanded to include Albertsons’ pharmacies

Analysis finds healthcare policy benefits among distinct groupings of drugs

Absorption into HDA will add resources

RAP unit adds to vendor choices for air cargo containers

Merger of two giants in their respective fields has global implications

New software solutions and an updated Revenue Cloud for Pharma