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’.
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 Janet Woodcock testifies to Congress about the potential risks to US national security of the pharmaceutical industry’s reliance on Chinese imports.
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 sets up a new EU-based location to provide storage and distribution services, including secondary packaging capabilities, as Brexit uncertainties abound.
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 a working group made up of clinical supply chain industry members, in order to contribute to the use case discussion about blockchain technology.
‘Talk to your CDMO early’ is the advice BioConnection gives to developers of biopharmaceuticals, suggesting that they make a reservation to ensure availability.
Intraprise Health creates the BluePrint Protect platform designed to solve cybersecurity challenges across the pharmaceutical supply chain as third-party data sharing accelerates.
The increasing number of cell and gene therapies in clinical development is evolving the supply chain into a ‘supply cycle,’ says TrakCel CEO, with service providers being called to maintain control under pressure.
The cell and gene therapy industry cannot grow without a ‘standardized, systematized, industrialized foundation,’ according to experts from Lonza and Vineti, which have teamed up to advance a ‘vein-to-vein’ delivery network.
The multi-stakeholder group is developing a blockchain-powered platform to increase transparency and collaboration in the clinical trial supply chain – and has successfully completed a proof-of-concept project, now looking to next steps.
The temperature-controlled logistics company expects demand to continue, with long-term plans to build out its bioservices operations – and a ‘revolutionary’ cryogenic storage system in the works.
API recalls have sparked discussion on the development of impurities during manufacturing and the ways in which risks can be mitigated, according to an industry expert.
Lonza enters a partnership with Vineti to advance its ‘vein-to-vein’ delivery network, creating an end-to-end ordering and manufacturing process in support of cell and gene therapy development.
Alten Calsoft Labs launches its first initiative for blockchain through its scalable clinical trial platform BioPharma Ledger to address life sciences processes using BlockApps middleware.
Cobra and Symbiosis announce the completion of their collaboration on viral vector development and manufacturing, supported by £1.9m Innovate UK grant.
CRF Bracket – newly-rebranded as Signant Health – is looking to build momentum around eConsent, rethink the patient’s connection to the supply chain, and build out a stronger analytics platform, says CEO.
To investigate blockchain processes and make distribution information retrieval more efficient, the FDA tapped big name companies for a supply chain security pilot program.
Marken executive says there is no such thing as a perfect clinical trial supply chain but with strategic planning and innovations there are opportunities to better serve the research industry.
Wasdell Group has acquired specialist manufacturer and packager, Honeywood Limited in an aim to build its manufacturing and packaging capacity in the UK to support European supply chain.
C2 Pharma acquires digoxin API product portfolio from Noblius to secure supply of the ingredient, after disruption of the supply of the API for a number of years.
The global software consulting company N-Side recently launched an end-to-end clinical trial supply chain management solution to enable “agile” decision making and reduce drug waste.
The FDA issued a warning letter to McKesson for violations concerning a possible distribution of illegitimate opioid products while calling for action in securing the supply chain from illegitimate medications, especially opioids.
US FDA initiates a pilot project testing innovations in an aim to inform the development of the tracking and verification systems going into effect with the DCSA in 2023.
The US-based CDMO Cognate intends to collaborate with Astero to provide access to the latter’s cell thawing platform to improve product quality in clinical manufacturing and establish a center of innovation.
The new service from LabConnect, a central laboratory and support services provider, offers a global solution for sample preparation and processing requirements.
Clinigen’s newly announced business, Clinical Trial Service, will establish an on-demand supply chain for clinical trials and extends agreement with its partner Accord.
Almac announced it has increased its supply of neo-antigen peptides for individualized cancer treatments with the addition of another stream of GMP manufacturing.
World Courier has made a multimillion-dollar investment in its supply chain technology to help meet the expanding needs of the pharmaceutical industry.
Blockchain provides real-time visibility into the entire clinical trial supply chain and has the potential to solve several of the industry’s biggest challenges.
PCI Pharma Services is expanding its clinical site in Rockford, IL – following a string of acquisitions and expansions to help meet an increased demand for services
To manage the supply chain challenges faced by natural disasters, experts say to expect the unexpected – ensuring a strong shipping strategy is in place with temperature control and robust management.
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.