ISTA Pharma Committee Virtual Roundtable Discussions: Aug. 11 and 25

As a follow up to the open meeting held in June, the ISTA Pharma Committee will host two roundtable discussions in August to discuss in-depth the top two topics of interest from the industry survey.

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Aug 5th, 2020

Medical Vials Cold Chain

The goal for each session is to refine the specific industry needs resulting in a defined scope and activity level for each topic below.We hope you can join the meetings and actively participate in the discussions. At the end of the discussions the ISTA Pharma Committee will ask industry members to volunteer their time to participate in the specific activities for each topic.

Roundtable discussion topics:

Ambient Temperature Profile Creation, Analysis, and Selection

Tuesday, August 11th

11am - 12:30pm EST

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Performance Qualification/Verification

Tuesday, August 25th

11am - 12:30pm EST

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The system, which has not launched yet commercially, is courier agnostic so that any delivery service, grocery pharmacy, big box retailer, or friend or family member can leave deliveries in the secure, temperature controlled lock-box.

Last-Mile-Delivery System: IoT Lockbox with Temperature Control

Designed to preserve medications and food delivered to consumers and save retailers millions in contactless delivery, the product appeared on Shark Tank on April 2.

Logistics Company Unitax Uses Schaumaplast Cold Chain Packaging

Packaging is made from BASF's biomass-balanced Styropor® BMB in COVID-19 vaccine logistics. BASF replaces fossil raw materials with renewable resources, such as bio-naphtha or biogas.

Pfizer chose Softbox for their knowledge and experience in temperature control packaging solutions and the cold chain industry.

Softbox Supports Pfizer in the Global Cold Chain Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines

When correctly managed, the ULT Shipper can be used to store vaccines in excess of 30 days. Through “Re-Icing,” the dry ice in the Softbox ULT Shipper can be topped up ensuring maximum thermal protection of the highly temperature sensitive mRNA vaccines.

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Cold Chain Technologies With Cloudleaf: Enhanced Real-Time Visibility for End-to-End Distribution of Temperature-Sensitive Drugs and Biologics

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Pelican Biothermal Announces Latest Distributor Partnerships and Webinar Series Launch

Partnerships both accelerate global growth, providing greater reach and customer convenience, and offer insights and practical how-to presentations on cold chain-related topics.

To help with growth in its life sciences and pharmaceutical business, Tribe Transportation is expanding its use of Carrier Transicold X4TM 7500 trailer refrigeration units supported by TRU-Mount solar panels.

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Solar panels maintain refrigerator unit batteries and improve driver retention.

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SkyCell: 1500F Container

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Part 1: Logistics in the Vaccine Rollout

Keren Sookne, content director at Healthcare Packaging, discusses vaccine logistics, ice-cream freezers, and more.

COVID-19 Vaccine Transportation Partnership

Sofrigam and Logmore join forces to create smart temperature-controlled packaging.

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Timestrip: Electronic Indicators Launched

eTimestrip smart indicators with mobile app for report storage.

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Swift Sensors: Sub-Zero Temperature Sensor for COVID-19 Vaccine Monitoring and Storage

24/7 cloud-based wireless monitoring ensures vaccines are stored throughout the cold chain in the required sub-zero temperature ranges down to -100°C.

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Vaccine Freezers Powered Partially by Solar, Wind Power

For ultra-low temperature (ULT) storage and transportation, a new entry in the cold chain market can power freezers off the grid. In related news, ULT freezers were purchased for Puerto Rico and U.S. Embassy vaccines efforts.

PLD will assemble and apply Varcode “Smart Tags” to products onsite and inline as they roll down the assembly line.

Partnership to Build Cold Chain Monitoring into Pharma Manufacturing, Packaging, Distribution

‘Smart Tag’ technology will track and measure product safety and quality from production through delivery.

With Carrier Pods monitored by Sensitech, container refrigeration units are made to deliver temperature control within +/- 0.25 degrees Celsius and temperatures down to -40 degrees Celsius.

A&M Cold Storage Helps in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution via Carrier Pods and Lynx Capabilities

Carrier Pods provide 24/7 remote and secure monitoring, with an integration with the Lynx digital platform.

With Carrier Pods monitored by Sensitech, container refrigeration units are meant to deliver temperature control within +/- 0.25 C and temperatures down to negative 40 C.

SeaCube Acquires Carrier Pods to Meet Global Vaccine Distribution Needs

These 200 Carrier Pods will be monitored by Sensitech to reduce risks with mobile cooling systems.

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Pelican BioThermal Launches 'School of Cool' for Customers and Distributors

New training resource meets the growing need for virtual programming and on-demand offerings for global network.

More in Cold chain/temperature control

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Experienced professionals needed for task force to develop best practice guidance in ambient temperature profiles.

Pelican BioThermal’s deep frozen products use phase change material (PCM) and dry ice systems to provide frozen payload protection meant for durations from 72 hours to 144+ hours.

Pelican BioThermal: Expanded Deep Frozen Product Range

Deep frozen options for all phases of drug discovery and distribution to meet COVID-19 vaccine shipping requirement.

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Aphena Adds Cold Chain Storage, Biologics Packaging and Distribution to Its Offerings

Expansion includes 14,000 cold chain pallet spaces in new 500K-square-foot facility.

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Temperature-controlled shipping remains in the mainstream media spotlight.

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Chemonics Study Leads Results in Temperature-Sensitive Drug Distribution in LMICs

Drug production for LMICs requires low-cost quality manufacturing partners.

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Cells Remain Upright in Floating Spherical Shipper

Fragile 3D microtissues for drug development and testing must remain upright in transit. This sphere-on-water system takes cues from boats while keeping products in temperature range.

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Poseidon: Call to Participate in Pre-Commercial Ocean Freight Trials

COVID-19 immunization will need a staggering collaborative effort in intercontinental transportation. Pharmaceutical manufacturers are invited to register their interest in participating in the final Poseidon trials.

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Softbox Donates Thermal Covers For Safe Delivery Of Vital Medicines to the Democratic Republic Of The Congo

The first shipment of 24 packs went to IHP’s partner International Medical Corps in Goma.

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Survey Reveals Biopharma Companies’ Focus on Sustainability in Cold Chain Partnerships

Results note that sustainability is moving from a nice-to-have to a must-have, putting sustainable temperature-controlled shippers in high demand.