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The War on Cancer

How logistics expertise, dedicated facilities and an integrated global network are teaming up to fight this killer.

Editor’s Note: The global healthcare system is at a turning point.

In the U.S. and elsewhere, changes in policies, disease patterns and rising costs combined with new technologies, diagnostics and therapeutics have brought forth increased demand for transparency, a plethora of new business models and calls for greater efficiency.

The goal for society: a slowdown in the growth of healthcare costs. The result: the creation of an entirely new ecosystem of health-care providers.

From new health IT businesses to “storefronts” delivering diagnostics, care and supplies to patients, the full spectrum of healthcare from product to patient is morphing into a disease and outcomes-focused approach with a more efficient delivery of products, treatments and cures.

In a recent interview, John Menna, Vice President, Global Strategy, Healthcare Logistics at UPS, discussed the role of logistics in the war on cancer and shared his outlook for the future.

Q: What does logistics have to do with oncology?

John Menna: People don’t immediately think of UPS when they think of healthcare, but logistics supports everything from diagnosis to treatment, by providing visibility, reliability, transparency and product protection for moving high-value, time-sensitive specimens.

With smarter logistics, we can help patients by making sure (a) the process and the treatment are as patient-friendly and patient-convenient as possible, and (b) the treatment is as effective as possible, meaning that the product has been handled properly throughout the supply chain.

Also, the more efficiently a supply chain is built, the more you can drive down the costs associated with these very expensive treatments. We help enable better outcomes and better value for both healthcare businesses and patients.

Q: Could you give an example of how logistics could enable new opportunities in healthcare?

Menna: I’m especially excited about the opportunity to provide cancer screening to more of the population, by making diagnostic tests more convenient and less expensive for the patient.

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