Supply Chain

Secure pharma supply chain requires connections, information

18-Aug-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A representative from Clarivate explains how supply chain vulnerabilities can hurt stakeholders, including patients—and how one solution can close the gap.

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Pharma event welcomes industry professionals ‘keen to meet’

04-Aug-2021 By Jenni Spinner

Producers of CPhI North America 2021 offer a glimpse at programming, including sessions on COVID-19 challenges, supply chain issues, and more key topics.

Pharmaceutical industry must fix broken supply chain: Phlow

03-Aug-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the company says to ensure medicines keep reaching the patients that need them, the industry must revamp outdated technologies and techniques.

Personalized medicine requires complex supply chains: Marken

26-Jul-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A clinical trial logistics expert discusses specialized concerns involved in transporting cell and gene products and other personalized medicine items.

Could synthetic biology solutions fix supply chain challenges?

11-May-2021 By Jenni Spinner

An expert from synthetic biology tech firm Antheia offers ways to rethink current sourcing and manufacturing strategies to tackle current and future woes.

Decentralized trials call for supply chain flexibility: Marken

12-Apr-2021 By Jenni Spinner

Leaders from the supply chain solutions company share their thoughts on challenges associated with virtual and hybrid trials, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Severe winter storm wrought havoc on pharma supply chain

08-Apr-2021 By Jenni Spinner

An expert from FourKites shares impacts of the February storm that hit Texas and other parts of North America, and lessons can be learned from the event.

Covectra launches StellaGuard ‘smart’ label anti-counterfeiting

22-Feb-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The on-pack technology enables consumers, retailers and others to harness mobile devices in order to verify the authenticity of pharmaceutical products.

‘Cognitive’ supply chain approach boosts safety, efficiency: FourKites

21-Jan-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the supply-chain specialist explains vulnerabilities and challenges unique to pharma, and how professionals can safeguard and streamline.

Continuus lands $69.3m US drug manufacturing contract

21-Jan-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The small-molecule pharmaceuticals manufacturer secured a DoD/HHS government contract to manufacture critical medicines for a range of conditions.

Sanofi unveils EUROAPI as name of new API company

14-Jan-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The global pharmaceutical firm expects big things from its newly formed active pharmaceutical ingredients company, to be led by new CEO Karl Rotthier.

Supply chain woes can lead to billion-dollar problems: Cloudleaf

23-Dec-2020 By Jenni Spinner

A new survey from the supply-chain analysis company revals inefficiencies, inaccurate data and other flaws can be costly in terms of revenue, reputation and patient lives.

Stay on top of your pharma supply chain in 2021: PCI

17-Dec-2020 By Jenni Spinner

According to an executive from the drug development services company, pharma professionals should pay close attention to supply chain continuity and safety in the coming year.

Data explosion leads to opportunities, obstacles: ACD/Labs

16-Dec-2020 By Jenni Spinner

A representative from the small-molecule solutions company explains how the ever-increasing mountain of life-sciences data has impacted drug development.

CPhI report looks ahead to post-COVID pharma world

08-Dec-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The industry analysis dives into likely developments in supply chain, impact of the new White House occupant, CDMO growth and other key areas.

DARPA selects continuous manufacturing partner

04-Nov-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The agency has chosen Continuity Pharma to aid in development and advancement of continuous manufacturing technology, with the help of a $1.5m grant.

TraceLink launches intelligent product serialization technology

03-Nov-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The Serialized Product Intelligence application uses serialization data to help operations streamline supply-chain operations, resolve issues and more.

ATCC lands $250m from BARDA for COVID-19 services

06-Oct-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The contract, with a ceiling value of $250M and potential length of 10 years, will supplement the company’s ongoing support of virus-related work.

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CPhI: SPI Pharma talks supply chain challenges

30-Sep-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The pharma ingredients provider discusses new products, supply-chain obstacles, and what the future of the industry might hold, ahead of the online event.

PCI Pharma Services launches supply chain platform

29-Sep-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The pharma solutions provider has launched PCI Bridge, a digital platform designed to increase clinical and commercial supply-chain visibility.

ACD/Labs: tech can overcome supply chain challenges

06-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the scientific software provider discusses the most challenging obstacles in the pharma supply chain, and solutions that can conquer them.

Minakem: collaboration could elevate pharma supply chain

05-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

Representatives from the CDMO offer perspective on problems plaguing the global pharma supply chain, and possible ways to improve them.

CSafe, Cloudleaf partner on cold-chain tracking tech

05-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The firms are working to create a platform that gives the ability to monitor temperature-sensitive treatments, vaccines and other products.

COVID-19 highlights US dependence on foreign pharma: CEO

05-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

An executive from Pharmaceutical Associates Inc. believes bringing drug manufacturing back to the country will help avoid shortages and other disasters.

Senate bill proposes study of the US pharma supply chain

05-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The bipartisan bill calls for an assessment of the country’s pharma supply chain, including potential vulnerabilities and impact of foreign manufacturing.

TraceLink unveils FDA DSCSA pilot program results

05-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

Initial information from the life-sciences specialist’s pilot program shows potential pathways to solving common pharma supply chain challenges.

Kodak Pharmaceuticals lands $765m US loan

30-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The imaging company’s newly launched division, created to produce drug ingredients, received the loan from the US International Development Finance Corp.

World Courier: COVID-19 impacting trial supply chain

22-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the specialty logistics firm discusses how the clinical researching industry is shifting, thanks in large part to the pandemic, and how to prepare for the future.

Marken doubles capacity of Frankfurt cold-chain facility

22-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The company has expanded the footprint of the location to accommodate an anticipated increase in the need for COVID-19 vaccine and storage needs.

Softbox introduces sustainable cold-chain packaging

22-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The Tempcell Eco temperature-control shipping container is designed to combine thermal performance and sustainability for pharma applications.

Almac: How to build a solid clinical trial supply chain

22-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

An industry expert from the global CDMO offers advice on how to plan for a successful clinical trial supply chain, and avoid mistakes along the way.

Marken: COVID-19 shaking up clinical trial supply chain

15-Apr-2020 By Jenni Spinner

With the pandemic causing unprecedented global interruptions to the clinical trial supply chain, the logistics company says bold solutions are needed.

FDA and EMA provide timeline updates on action against coronavirus

18-Mar-2020 By Ben Hargreaves

Both the US FDA and EMA are updating timelines of steps taken to prevent the spread of the virus and to secure supply chains.

FDA reports first drug shortage due to coronavirus outbreak

02-Mar-2020 By Vassia Barba

The US FDA announces shortage of a drug due to a site affected by coronavirus, as it focuses on the protection of the supply chain from outbreak impacts.

ACG blockchain service to bridge ‘digitally broken’ supply chains

18-Feb-2020 By Vassia Barba

ACG Inspection rides the technology wave with the launch of a blockchain-based software platform, aiming to meet industry demands on traceability.

Cardinal tips API supply chain to weather impact of coronavirus

10-Feb-2020 By Nick Taylor

Cardinal predicts API industry ‘should be able to work through’ coronavirus outbreak despite exposure to China.

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Demanding quality: WHO on securing a vulnerable supply chain

23-Jan-2020 By Vassia Barba

As African countries look to secure their supply chains, head of the WHO’s team on fighting falsified and substandard medicine speaks about how to ‘demand quality’.

FDA blames fall in foreign inspections on investigator shortage

18-Dec-2019 By Nick Taylor

The US FDA attributes decline in foreign inspections from 2016 to 2018 to inability to fill vacancies.

CSafe launches temperature-controlled packaging for cell therapies

10-Dec-2019 By Vassia Barba

CSafe expands its cold chain offering with a series of logistics services suitable for temperature-controlled shipping of biologics.

Pharma Integrates

Lack of collaboration the biggest challenge in adopting blockchain, says IBM

21-Nov-2019 By Vassia Barba

Blockchain technology should be deployed where there are ‘trust issues’ among the different sectors of the industry, executives say.

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'E-label' packaging to improve patient experience

15-Nov-2019 By Vassia Barba

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.

FDA's Woodcock details national security risks of global supply chains

07-Nov-2019 By Nick Taylor

FDA’s Janet Woodcock testifies to Congress about the potential risks to US national security of the pharmaceutical industry’s reliance on Chinese imports.

Eversana continues footprint expansion with US distribution center

21-Oct-2019 By Vassia Barba

Eversana boosts its logistics offering by opening its fourth storage and distribution center in the US, bringing its total footprint to one million-square-feet.

Yourway adds new EU location to mitigate Brexit risks

17-Oct-2019 By Melissa Fassbender

Yourway sets up a new EU-based location to provide storage and distribution services, including secondary packaging capabilities, as Brexit uncertainties abound.

ACG opens Industry 4.0 center of excellence

08-Oct-2019 By Vassia Barba

ACG Inspection opens center of excellence in Switzerland, where the company will showcase its digital and artificial intelligence-enabled services.

AstraZeneca looks to N-Side for ‘a single source of truth’

01-Oct-2019 By Melissa Fassbender

AstraZeneca is implementing N-Side’s recently launched Suite for Clinical Trials to provide ‘a single source of truth’ for safely supplying trials, as more stakeholders are generating more data.

Almac joins clinical supply blockchain working group

24-Sep-2019 By Vassia Barba

Almac joins a working group made up of clinical supply chain industry members, in order to contribute to the use case discussion about blockchain technology.

Early manufacturing life-saving for biologics developers, says CMO exec

23-Sep-2019 By Vassia Barba

‘Talk to your CDMO early’ is the advice BioConnection gives to developers of biopharmaceuticals, suggesting that they make a reservation to ensure availability.

Vineti, Cryoport partner to extend end-to-end cell therapy logistics offering

10-Sep-2019 By Vassia Barba

A collaboration between Vineti and Cryoport aims to extend supply chain services as the cell and gene therapies space continues to scale.

Risk management platform addresses pharma’s cybersecurity challenges

19-Aug-2019 By Maggie Lynch

Intraprise Health creates the BluePrint Protect platform designed to solve cybersecurity challenges across the pharmaceutical supply chain as third-party data sharing accelerates.