For just $5 per month, Prime members can choose from 52 eligible medications and have them delivered to their doorstep, free of charge.
“There is a lot of innovation coming out of these new therapies, and our customers were afraid they had created the best medicine in the world but could not deliver it,” said Tive’s Alex Guillen.
While decentralized trails seem like a win-win-win, one of the biggest concerns surrounding this model is the safety and integrity of the drug when it is shipped to the patient’s home. This direct-to-patient model relies on a robust logistics strategy to support product viability and security.
All cell and gene therapies are composed of living cells with limited life spans, making it crucial that they are transported on time and in pristine condition.
With pharmaceutical spending reaching new heights, a single shipment can be worth millions of dollars, leading to monumental financial losses — as well as serious threats to human lives — in the event of a transportation or distribution error.
Air Canada will be able to handle more COVID vaccines, lobsters and other perishable products after it builds out a refrigerated airport warehouse.
Learn a bit about the evolution of temperature-controlled containers in the air cargo environment and how Envirotainer has added new technology features to its refrigerated units.
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The number of biologic drugs and gene therapies is growing, and logistics companies are increasing their capacity for temperature-controlled transportation to support them.
A giant Russian cargo jet was utilized to bring a special piece of machinery for bottling vaccines from Germany to a new manufacturing plant in the U.S. The equipment could help with the global effort to distribute COVID vaccines.
Drug shortages have plagued the U.S. for years, but the scarcity of certain drugs during the pandemic energized some experts to renew efforts to address the problem.
“We will surely see more local manufacturing in the future due to reshoring activities,” said Engel.
Rickenbacker Airport near Columbus, Ohio, is named after World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker. The airport is a regional hero, supporting more than 15,000 jobs, with a $2.5 billion annual economic impact.
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Pharmaceutical companies often get nervous that carelessness by a transportation provider will spoil a shipment of COVID vaccines or other medicines. Airfreight experts say data sharing and teamwork can eliminate most glitches.
If there were a virus bloom in a given area, states could quickly decide to move vaccine from one ZIP code to another.
While each fuel-efficient conveyance may consume less fuel per mile, the cost savings may induce more miles to be driven.
While the entire pharmaceutical supply chain is focused on distributing a COVID vaccine, the stresses it is putting on other areas of the chain are growing.
FDA approval is only the first step in the process.
Everyone has been impacted by the current political, economic and health climate in the U.S. For the health science industry, these challenges are amplified.
How do you prepare for the Super Bowl if you don’t know who your opponent is? That’s how airlines and freight managers feel about preparations for transporting a COVID-19 vaccine when one is approved because manufacturers aren’t freely sharing shipping details.
Informed pharmaceutical transportation means higher success.
JAL supports testing drone systems to safely and efficiently deliver essential goods to the country’s health care network.
New medicines and life science products are more valuable and temperature-sensitive than before, requiring special storage and transportation conditions. Will there be enough of this infrastructure to handle a COVID vaccine?
Whether or not President Donald Trump’s optimism about an October surprise comes to fruition, there could be an approved coronavirus vaccine next year. A giant flotilla of all-cargo planes will be deployed to deliver the medicine around the world, but airlines are already short of capacity and there isn’t yet enough refrigerated infrastructure to safely store that much vaccine. Airlines are issuing a call to action.
The flagship Japanese airline joins other transportation and technology providers to develop urban freight delivery capabilities with drones.
Lufthansa is expanding its network of cold storage facilities for pharmaceutical products. The network meets the highest industry standards.
LaQuenta Jacobs promoted to provide cultural leadership and strategic direction.
DHL located a new life sciences warehouse in Indianapolis because the city has many pharmaceutical companies in the area.
Pharmaceutical supply chains are becoming increasingly complex as the path from production to consumption isn’t as linear as one may think.
FreightWaves has partnered with Overhaul, a SaaS platform for real-time supply chain visibility and risk management, to produce a white paper that provides pharmaceutical shippers with information on the threats to look out for and steps to mitigate risk.
Global freight forwarder attributes most of the 23.2% year-over-year first-quarter earnings drop to impact of COVID-19 pandemic .
A CFO, government affairs VP and two life science sales directors are hired and a Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association board appointment is announced.
It’s imperative that consumers standing in line for a vaccine aren’t receiving a vaccine only 60% effective, because it went out of temperature range.
“The impact of these nuclear verdicts, as well as higher insurance costs, could send more carriers out of business,” said Zach Strickland.
Patrick Schafer promoted to chief executive officer; Ron Richards hired as chief technology officer; Jamil Young tapped as division president; and Jim Bertuola named vice president.
UPS to expand US health care distribution center network by 30% through 2020.
Tie-up offers more options between Europe and China
DHL Supply plans a 40% expansion of its US healthcare and life sciences footprint
Market expert Cathy Roberson writes about the decline in global air cargo traffic; the only bright spot is in Latin America. Read why!
A senior representative of CAI International Inc. spoke on the company’s focus on refrigerated container units in the retail supply chain at the 2019 LINK supply chain conference.
Able Freight Services, a leading global cold chain logistics provider with 25 years in business, today announced it has joined the Blockchain in Transportation Alliance (BiTA), an organization dedicated to determining best practices and standards for blockchain in the transportation industry.
The pharmaceutical industry witnesses the DSCSA legislation which makes it mandatory for companies to provide visibility and traceability in its supply chain.
SkyCell has 1,000 high-tech refrigerated air freight containers circulating through the global biopharmaceutical cold chain. They’ve reduced temperature deviations from a global average of 8.5% to less than 0.1%.
