Pfizer Sets Up Its ‘Biggest Ever’ Vaccination Distribution Campaign
The U.S. pharmaceutical giant is preparing to ship billions of Covid-19 vaccines using frozen boxes, cargo planes and trucks in a mega logistics operation. In...
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Vaccine is good news, but are supply chains cold enough to handle it?
The good news of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid vaccine has been tempered by the requirement that it needs to be stored at -70C or below –...
Air cargo’s COVID-19 arms race
More airlines and logistics firms are fortifying their pharmaceutical handling capabilities and credentials ahead of an expected COVID-19 vaccine release. Several companies this week announced...
Now, ‘freezer farms’ for potential Covid-19 vaccine delivery
UPS is building capacity for -80°C storage; DHL expands in Indianapolis Pharma logistics providers have long experience in cold chain management—generally, keeping pharmaceuticals at 2-8°C...
Sonoco ThermoSafe will sponsor an industry-wide cold-chain blockchain
The PharmaPortal platform is built on IBM’s Blockchain Transparent Supply technology For several years now, various players around the logistics of temperature-senstive pharmaceuticals have looked...
ISTA Pharma Committee Passive Thermal Packaging System OQ Best Practice Guideline
The ISTA Pharma Committee is seeking industry peer review on our latest technical paper “Passive Thermal Packaging System Operational Qualification Best Practice Guideline”. The committee’s goal...
Pharma cold chain: greener and more digitized
As cold-chain hardware vendors tout their new service orientation, the value of data rises Pharmaceutical Commerce’s 2019 Cold Chain Special Report captures two significant trends in...
Call for pharma packaging to improve volumetric efficiency
The pharmaceutical industry needs to face up to the potential challenge of falling airfreight capacity and higher rates, says Dominic Hyde, vice president of Crēdo...
China’s reefer cargo crisis worsens as carriers plan to abandon boxes
Japanese carrier ONE has joined several of its liner peers in imposing a congestion surcharge on reefer containers destined for major Chinese ports. Moreover, some...
How Artificial Intelligence Is Improving The Pharma Supply Chain
Artificial intelligence (AI) will transform the pharmaceutical cold chain — not in the distant, hypothetical future, but in the next few years. As the president...
