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Dachser renews pharma certification in Frankfurt

Drugs and other pharmaceutical products are often temperature-sensitive, urgent shipments that must be handled in compliance with a complex regulat...

The human digital twin: a virtual counterpart to the human worker

Several organisations are familiar with making use of digital twin modelling to improve operations. This digitised model typically enables firms to...

Addressing wastage and distribution challenges for a more equitable post-pandemic pharmaceutical industry

When functioning properly, globalised supply chains broaden access to critical medicines for billions of individuals all over the world. Yet, any n...

A year of challenges and innovation in pharma logistics lies head

Envirotainer CEO, Peter Gisel-Ekdahl, looks to the future and what 2022 holds for pharmaceutical logistics

The pandemic’s impact on pharma and medical packaging solutions

Roy Butcher, Procurement Manager at Southgate Packaging, discusses the critical role of pharmaceutical packaging during the pandemic, the rise of e...

IQVIA discusses supply chain resilience for CPhI Discover

Informa’s CPhI Discover virtual event is taking place from 17-28th May, and the company recently spoke with Aurelio Arias, Engagement Manager, Thou...

Lessons learned: AstraZeneca’s supply chain resilience during the pandemic

With 26 manufacturing facilities and a global network of more than 250 suppliers, AstraZeneca’s Global Operations Manufacturing footprint is not on...

Pharmaceutical reshoring: a healthy requirement, a strategic necessity

More than a year into the COVID-19 crisis, the novel coronavirus continues to disrupt our societies, including how the pharmaceutical industry oper...

DKSH enters European distribution agreement with Omya

The distributor was reportedly chosen for its expansive network and strong service capabilities

Stirling Ultracold helps communities around the world prepare to administer COVID-19 vaccination

With nearly 14 billion vaccines at stake, the COVID-19 vaccine has extreme temperature requirements to ensure efficacy

Supply Chain Management: Sustainability initiatives

Here Sandeep Oke, Sr Vice President – Supply Chain at Piramal Pharma Solutions discusses why adopting Supply Chain Sustainability can be very rewar...

Plastic pallets and the COVID response

Jim Hardisty explores the logistical challenges of distributing the COVID vaccine, how Goplasticpallets.com has been supporting the COVID response...

CSafe Global opens hub operation in Mexico City

Mexico is the second largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America after Brazil

Advances in technology and support for Direct-To-Patient (DTP) services

Although the emergence of COVID-19 has led to an industry wide uptake of decentralised clinical trial models — including DTP and direct-from-patien...

Thermo King and Envirotainer collaborate on vaccine transport

In 2005, Envirotainer together with Thermo King developed and produced the first active, heating and cooling air cargo container validated by aviat...

Holograms: just the medicine for pharma protection

Innovation continues to aid pharmaceutical manufacturers to secure supply chains and protect against counterfeit medicines in the post-Brexit lands...