Christoph Frick, Head of Quality Assurance and Pharmaceutical Development at KohlPharma, joins Helen Winsor from Pharma IQ, to discuss how to ensure the safety and integrity of products during cold chain transportation with an external carrier. Firstly, he sums up the pharmaceutical requirements for cool chain products, and outlines the pros and cons of active and passive cold chain transportation. Next he turns to the vehicles themselves and explains the key requirements for carriers and trucks, and how to go about qualifying a carrier. Finally he reflects on what he sees as today’s key challenges in cool chain transportation and comments on some advances in the pipeline which he thinks will benefit the industry, going forwards.

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