Logistics
For the latest news and updates concerning the storage, transportation and distribution of medicine. Pharma Logistics IQ provides an international, non-biased, central resource, for logistics professionals to share insights and exchange ideas. Learn about game-changing developments in the likes of transporting biologics, temperature controlled solutions, pharmaceutical packaging, traceability, shipping standards, refrigerated vehicles and more.
3 Key Tactics to Accurately Track Success
June 01 by Mark EdwardsKey Performance Indicators, or KPIs, are a way for businesses to measure their performance in key areas.Different parts of a business will use different indicators but today we will focus on the logis...
Five Advantages of Sea Freight in Temperature Controlled Logistics
May 26 by Cold Chain IQAs the price of air freight rises, pharmaceutical companies are sourcing alternative ways of transporting their life science products to reduce costs. Sea freight is becoming an increasingly used mode...
Cold Chain Logistics Market Forecasted to Grow to US$13.4bn
May 19 by Pharma Logistics IQAccording to recent findings from the IMARC Group, the total size of the healthcare cold chain logistic services market is forecasted to expand to nearly US$13.4 bn in the next five years.
Why Is Pharmaceutical Transportation A Major Concern?
May 11 by Gary HutchinsonA drug can take a variety of paths from the manufacturer to the patient. Most often, the product leaves the manufacturer's direct control and enters a complex system of handoffs (see chart from US Pha...
Generics Make Their Mark on the Cold Chain
May 11 by Cathy RobersonGeneric drugs are having a major impact on the pharmaceutical industry. For example, Mexican pharmaceutical industry group, Canifarma, estimates that generic drugs represent about 87% of total drug sa...
Are You Ready for Cool Chain Europe 2016?
April 29 by Pharma Logistics EditorReturning to Frankfurt in January 2016...After the success of the 2015 meeting, the15th Annual European Temperature Controlled Logistics Summit is returning to Frankfurt on the 26th-28th January 2016....
Getting Essential Medicines to Customers: Investment in Supply Chains
April 28 by Pharma Logistics EditorRecently, the members of the Getting Health Products to People: Alliance for Health Logistics—that seeks to improve health product availability throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)—produce...
Predictions 2035: The Role of Performance-Based Financing in Future Supply Chains in Developing Countries
April 28 by Pharma Logistics EditorPerformance-based financing (PBF) can be defined as cash or non-monetary benefits given for measurable actions or achievement of a defined performance target. Predictions 2035: The Role of Performan...
The Standards Myth: Why Temperature Controlled Packaging Fails And What You Can Do About It
April 15 by Kevin KohleriterWhat if I told you that not all standards are created equal. Some are just flat out confusing and some are just unfinished at best. In an ongoing effort to create a global standard, the reality is tha...
Internet of Things will Reshape Global Trade
April 15 by Dr. Karen ReddingtonToday’s supply chains form the arteries and veins that keep global trade alive, connecting a largely borderless, always-on world economy. New innovations offer disruptive possibilities for the future...
Temperature Controlled Airfreight
April 10 by Mark EdwardsSince the introduction of "new" Good Distribution Practice (GDP), there has been a lot of work by airlines to introduce temperature controlled services.There are currently more than 30 airlines who of...
Mexico's Improving Logistics Environment
April 07 by Pharma Logistics EditorOur friends at SupplyChainBrain published this article about the improving logistics environment in Mexico. A stabilising economy, reform-minded government and improved infrastructure are just 3 of th...