Material handling

Portable Transport Bag Protects Insulin on Cross-Continent Bicycle Journey

Bicyclists travel from Italy to Singapore to help raise diabetes awareness. Temperature-controlled shipper protects insulin for diabetic cyclist during the trip.

July 18, 2016

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Material handling

Do You Really Understand the DSCSA?

Complex and sometimes confusing, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act poses challenges to the pharmaceutical industry. Dirk Rodgers’ book explains the law for stakeholders throughout the supply chain.

July 18, 2016

Sustainability

Developing Economies, Sustainability Driving Growth for Labels Market

Smithers Pira says economic, lifestyle changes and the focus on sustainable packaging will drive market growth by 5.4% annually through 2021.

June 30, 2016

Operational Excellence

Live from the BioLogistics Summit: Stability Budget Saves Shipments

Temperature excursions during shipping of biological products may be unavoidable. A specialist from Merck shares her advice on creating a Stability Budget to help you react to the unexpected.

June 29, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Adents/Sequence: Scalable Serialization and Aggregation Software

Enables companies to achieve traceability and documentation compliance easily, addressing both current and emerging regulations.

June 17, 2016

Operational Excellence

FedEx Faces Government Charges

Shipping firm denies charges that it delivered millions of packages containing illegal prescription drugs for Internet pharmacies.

June 16, 2016

Operational Excellence

Goods tracking technologies battle cargo theft

As thieves become more sophisticated, tracking devices that can be stored covertly in packages can help recover stolen products, such as pharmaceuticals.

June 13, 2016

Operational Excellence

FDA takes action against illegal meds

Operation Pangea IX acts against 4,402 websites to combat the unlawful sale and distribution of illegal and potentially counterfeit medical products on the internet.

June 9, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Adents: Serialization Software

Adents, LMN Services and Clarke Engineering Services will help customers comply with the 2017 DSCSA deadline, and increase their safety and security implementation capabilities.

June 3, 2016

Material handling

Forecasting the global biopharmaceutical logistics market

Geographic market shifts, patent expirations, and supply chain challenges represent key factors, says new ResearchAndMarkets report.

June 3, 2016

Operational Excellence

‘Vets to WERC’ campaign aims to help solve labor shortage problem in the supply chain industry

Awareness campaign to align jobs in the supply chain field with the skill sets of military veterans.

May 30, 2016

Material handling

Temperature-Controlled Packaging Demands Out-of-the-Box Thinking

Highly engineered and innovatively designed temperature-controlled packaging is necessary to gain the greatest cost benefit without compromising patient safety.

May 10, 2016

Material handling

UPS Partnership to Explore Drone Delivery of Medications in Rwanda

Global partnership with Zipline and Gavi aims to transform the delivery of humanitarian aid and life-saving vaccines with drones.

May 9, 2016