Leaders from AmerisourceBergen's World Courier and Lash Group tell how bringing trial supplies and services to patients can boost recruitment and retention.
World Courier expands its commercial third-party logistics storage and distribution depots in strategic markets, as it continues its multimillion-dollar technology investment.
A stake in Brazil-based wholesaler Profarma will increase AmerisourceBergen’ global presence already strengthened by the World Courier acquisition, the firm says as it reports a robust Q2.
AmerisourceBergen (ABC) plans to buy a minority stake in a Brazilian drug wholesaler and outlined plans for a $100m distribution services joint-venture in the rapidly expanding market.
If the Coca-Cola truck can battle the snow each Christmas so too can drug logistics firms using technology, contingency plans and sometimes a good old-fashioned shovel, distributors say.
AmerisourceBergen has announced upbeat Q1 results as contributions from Consulting Services and World Courier offsets ongoing cost issues in Drug Distribution.
World Courier is continuing its period of rapid expansion by breaking ground on a 135,000 sq ft clinical trial storage and distribution centre in Singapore.
World Courier has GxP compliant status for its whole distribution network, covering more than 140 offices in 50 countries, which it believes no other business in the sector has achieved on such a large scale.
World Courier has opened investigational drug storage facilities in South Africa and Australia, a move it says is in response to growth in the regions' clinical trials markets.