Visit a trade show with conferences and exhibits and you’re likely to hear speakers offer the seemingly obligatory thank you to sponsors, with encouragement to visit their booths. At the 11th Annual Cold Chain GDP & Temperature Management Logistics Global Forum held at Chicago’s McCormick Place, presenters throughout the day on Oct. 2 made it a point to acknowledge that these vendors are actually driving technology, leading the way for pharmaceutical/biologics/medical device manufacturers, continuing a trend Healthcare Packaging has seen in recent years.
Conference Chairman Rafik H. Bishara, PhD, Technical Advisor and Leader of the Parenteral Drug Assn.’s Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Interest Group (PCCIG) noted that pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical firms for years were seen as the leaders in providing technologies, and many continue to view themselves as such, yet he said it was the suppliers that were now taking the lead in many instances.
