A large percentage of cold chain products go to waste every year. It’s true that the cold chain is a difficult process, and refrigeration of products throughout the supply chain requires significant effort and expense. Sometimes wastages are caused by inconsistencies in the system – some aspects of the cold Read more…
A guide to the best practices and industry standards when handling temperature sensitive vaccines. The challenge in vaccine handling lies in its sensitivities. Because vaccines are temperature-sensitive and light-sensitive, the process of transporting and storing them is more challenging than other types of supply chains. Temperature deviations are the last Read more…
Medicines and vaccines are temperature-sensitive products. When they are exposed to temperatures that are too high or too low, they can lose their stability or their ability to protect against diseases. What makes them lose their stability? Read our complete guide on vaccine sensitivities to temperature and light: How Vaccine Read more…
Active refrigeration or active temperature-controlled packaging is useful in warehouses and large stores. In transport and “last-mile” delivery, however, passive temperature-controlled packaging reigns supreme as the future of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products. What is Passive Temperature-Controlled Packaging? Unlike active devices, passive packaging requires no electrical connection to maintain cool temperatures. Their Read more…
How smart can cold chain packaging be? The global pharma industry is expected to blow up in the coming decades. With its rise comes another form of increasingly temperature-sensitive drugs and biological products. The cold chain industry is feeling pressured as never before to develop more sophisticated packaging with the Read more…
China-made vaccines will soon enter the market. China has long proved they are the “world’s factory” for toys, consumer electronics, clothing, and plastic, but will the world trust a China-manufactured biological product? The pharmaceutical industry in the country will grow to $625 billion in 2026, and vaccines are not the Read more…
The advent of GPS has revolutionized the way locations are tracked. GPS has become a very handy tool for navigating the world. It has branched out to include many disciplines and areas of business. Vehicle tracking has become a significant application of the technology. The ability to track multiple vehicles Read more…
The pharmaceutical supply chain has often been criticized over the last decade. The reason? Lack of transparency. This lack of visibility to stakeholders has led to counterfeit products and impotent medicines placing the patient’s health and safety in jeopardy. In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 10% of Read more…
The cold chain started as a breakthrough in the pharmacy field. Now, it needs more development. The cold chain helped immunize millions of children for three decades, but this specific process – whereby vaccines are kept within 2°C to 8°C (36°F to 46°C) from manufacturing to administration – remains as Read more…
Is ocean shipping the future for pharma cold chain logistics? Traditionally air freight was the favored method of cold chain transport. For many years, pharma companies preferred air shipping over other international shipping methods—and for good reason. Air shipping is faster than other means of transport. Time is of the Read more…
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