In an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, pharmaceutical companies face significant challenges in maintaining transparency and accountability across their global supply chains.
In a strategic move aimed at transforming healthcare supply chains, TraceLink, a leading provider of digital supply chain solutions, has partnered with Tecsys, an industry leader in inventory and warehouse management systems.
Greater integration is to take place between the US and UK following an expansion says Cresset, a provider of integrated in-silico solutions for drug discovery.
Tola Olorunnisola is currently senior vice president, clinical services & strategy at Avantor and along with her team is working on delivering digital innovations in the lab.
Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services can now test small molecule, biological and advanced therapeutical medicinal products (ATMP) following a £1 million investment.
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Definitive agreements with Fresenius Kabi have been signed by Prange Group and its affiliate Adragos Pharma for its sterile pharmaceutical production site in Halden, Norway.
This year’s CPHI South East Asia is expecting a surge in international partnering with organizers expecting a record attendance of 8,000 visitors including a significant number from overseas – doubling last year’s figures.
The company launches its new ZS300 sensor, ZB200 bridge and Android sensor discovery app, which will be made available for use with the supply chains of the pharma and food industries.
Signant Health has partnered with the software company o connect its platforms for the management of clinical supply chain inventory, labels, and content.
Introduced by two Republican Congressmen, the American Made Medicine Act is intended to boost domestic drug manufacturing and create jobs in the sector.
The addition of the facility in Pennsylvania will help meet the increasing demand for temperature-controlled clinical packaging, storage, and distribution.
An executive from Rephine Catena discusses how pharmaceutical companies dealing with supply chain challenges could draw lessons from the food industry.
The business tech company’s Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Vision Study gauges pharma and patient perceptions, including key concerns and areas for improvement.
A representative shares ways that COVID-19 has impacted the already intricate pharmaceutical supply chain and offers suggestions to stay ahead of the curve.
Sharp’s electronic label for drug packaging can be updated again and again, saving time and costs whilst also improving patient engagement during clinical trials.
Immuno-oncology clinical trials are fundamentally different from traditional oncology studies as it pertains to logistics, and require close coordination across several stakeholders, says CRO.
Cryoport is supporting a record number of clinical trials driven by rapid growth in regenerative medicine – a space that will continue to grow and outpace the pharmaceutical industry, says CCO.
Implementing ‘aggregation’ – the term used to describe pharmaceutical product unit-to-case hierarchy – is not mandatory in Europe, however industry delegates say there is incentive to push its adoption.
The US FDA has released draft guidelines to identify trading partners in the pharma supply chain in accordance with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).
Merck KGaA has announced a plan to close some EU production sites and invest in others, citing the centralization strategy employed by Sigma-Aldrich as inspiration.
Vetter will close one facility and migrate staff to the now open €100m expansion center for aseptic packaging of injectables at its headquarters in Ravensburg, Germany.
Catalent has become the first CDMO to join the PSCI – a voluntary industry initiative focused on the social, environmental and economic impact of the supply chain.
Bracket has announced the strategic acquisition of CLINapps as it focuses on the “tremendous opportunities” to make the clinical supply chain more efficient.
Parexel’s Active Tracking service monitors and manages temperature-controlled medical products from the company’s central distribution centers to clinical trial sites.
Pharma is looking to condense the number of contract manufacturers it works with, says Aesica which has launched a service to help manage its customers’ supply chain.
Trilantic Capital Partners Europe has bought a majority stake in Doppel Farmaceutici, citing the growth potential of Europe’s contracting market as the driver.
The US FDA will give drugmakers and distributors until May to comply with new track and trace laws in order to minimise disruptions in the supply chain.
Third-party logistics providers (3PLs) will have to report annually to the US FDA according to draft guidance published to help implement track and trace legislation.
The world is getting larger, at least it is in terms of the pharmaceutical industry, according to execs who cite security concerns when shipping to new markets as the top logistics worry.
As the US Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) traceability requirements become mandatory in 2015, standards group GS1 is offering a 137-page guideline to help manufacturers follow the new stipulations.
The high cost and complexity of producing biopharmaceuticals for clinical trials limits supplies and makes effective logistics even more important than for small molecule studies says Almac.
Parexel has enlarged its clinical trial supply network with the opening of a distribution centre in Singapore and expansion of its Massachusetts facilities.
Regulatory pressure for risk-based supply chain management is increasing excipient suppliers’ audit burden according to the team preparing to launch the 'excipact' certification scheme as an independent association.
Globalisation, outsourcing and a move towards biopharmaceuticals are leading innovation for pharma distribution companies, according to DHL Global Forwarding.
