March 16, 2018
Regulatory changes have brought gradual improvements to pharma logistics, but unless the industry focuses on setting up compliant supply chains with reliable partners – rather than cost alone – wastage will continue to be a problem.
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March 16, 2018
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March 16, 2018
We’ve heard some of the shortcomings of pharma logistics, but what happens when things really go wrong?
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March 16, 2018
Stan Wraight, Senior Executive Director of Strategic Aviation Solutions International and Jan Krems, President of United Cargo, argue that airfreight is the only choice, if speed is your priority.
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March 16, 2018
Mark Edwards, former Global Freight and Compliance Manager for Actavis and Managing Director of supply chain consultancy Modalis, argues that pharma companies should transport the majority of their products via sea.
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March 16, 2018
Alan Kennedy is the founder and executive director of Pharma TEAM-UP, a not-for-profit organization seeking to get pharma companies working together on logistics. Here, Kennedy gives an introduction to the sector and discusses where improvements could be made.
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March 16, 2018
In December 2017, 15 top technologies for drug development were selected for The Medicine Maker 2017 Innovation Awards. But which is the most groundbreaking? We asked for your opinion on the matter by asking you to vote for your top technology – and vote you did in earnest! We received thousands of votes from all over the world, but the results are finally in.
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March 15, 2018
As the accelerating number of monoclonal antibodies on the market continues to drive higher upstream titers, chromatography resin suppliers must continually strive to improve productivity, quality and overall process economy.
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March 15, 2018
While upstream titers have improved dramatically over the last decade, downstream processing has remained relatively unchanged. Now is the time to push bioprocess efficiencies even further. In August 2017, Merck acquired Natrix Separations, Inc., a provider of hydrogel membrane products for singleuse chromatography. Renaud Jacquemart has been with Natrix since 2011 and today is the Director of Vaccines Process Sciences. Here, he explains how the Natrix® technology could offer a helping hand in next generation bioprocessing.While upstream titers have improved dramatically over the last decade, downstream processing has remained relatively unchanged. Now is the time to push bioprocess efficiencies even further. In August 2017, Merck acquired Natrix Separations, Inc., a provider of hydrogel membrane products for singleuse chromatography. Renaud Jacquemart has been with Natrix since 2011 and today is the Director of Vaccines Process Sciences. Here, he explains how the Natrix® technology could offer a helping hand in next generation bioprocessing.
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March 15, 2018
Tens of billions of dollars’ worth of (bio)pharmaceuticals are scrapped every year because of logistical hitches. What can be done to improve the situation? And which mode of transport – air or sea – should companies choose?
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