Food for thought: top 5 strategic risks for the reefer industry
Professor Garry Honey, founder of reputation risk consultants Chiron reflects on this year’s Cool Logistics Global conference and offers his top 5 risks for the...
Category: Articles
CoolPack Articles provides the latest articles from CoolPack and external sources relevant to the BioPharma cold chain professional.
Switching from 2nd Day to Overnight Shipping to Generate Savings
At face value, overnight shipping is more costly than two-day shipping. But thanks to an analysis of the total cost, Merck was able to save...
Pfizer’s Key Questions For CMO Innovation
This article discusses Big Pharma and CMO innovation challenges, and while it is not focused on cold chain, they do apply as well: Among the...
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) New Chapter on the Storage and Distribution of Investigational Drug Product (IDP)
The USP has created a new chapter to address the storage and distribution of IDP. This is significant because it is the first time in...
Pharma’s Super Heroes Of Innovation
This article discusses innovation in the BioPharma supply chain – while it does not focus on cold chain specifically, it applies quite well to our supply chain...
TAPA call for more secure parking for trucks across Europe as cargo crime soars
Transport security organisation TAPA is launching a new initiative across Europe in a bid to stem increasing cargo theft from trucks. TAPA is to contact around 115 parking locations...
LIVE FROM PDA/FDA: Compliance to Quality: Part 1
This article does not discuss cold chain specifically, however the discussion about the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), the Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ), and...
Logistical Nightmare
Andrea Gruber, CEIV programme leader at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) speaks to World Pharmaceutical Frontiers about the organisation’s Center of Excellence for Independent...
The New Cool
New drug, new regulations and the need for a global cold chain have all radically changed the way pharmaceutical goods are transported around the world. What can companies...
Blanket Decisions
Thermal blankets can be an effective and economical means of protecting medicinal products from temperature spikes. World pharmaceutical Frontiers gets under the covers to weigh up their value...
