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Supply Chain
DSCSA: Where Are We, and Where Are We Going?
Recapping current progress, the Nov. 2019 saleable returns deadline and the supply chain transformation expected in 2023.
September 17, 2019
DSCSA: Where Are We, and Where Are We Going?
Supply Chain
Vaccine Storage Temperatures Come into Question
Vaccines rendered ineffective or questionable can undermine public trust. Ensuring proper cold chain transport and storage is a key piece of the puzzle.
May 1, 2019
Vaccines rendered ineffective or questionable can undermine public trust. Ensuring proper cold chain transport and storage is a key piece of the puzzle.
Pharmaceuticals
3 Air Cargo Trends Shaping Pharma Transportation
In 2019, blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and external market forces—such as pilot shortages and sea freight challenges—will shape air cargo trends.
January 23, 2019
In 2019, blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and external market forces—such as pilot shortages and sea freight challenges—will shape air cargo trends. (Pelican BioThermal)
Pharmaceuticals
Aggregation: The Achilles’ Heel of Pharma Supply Chain Operation Under a Serialization Regulation
Aggregation data is the only thing that will ease the burden of compliance for downstream trading partners in a serialized world, says RxTrace’s Dirk Rodgers.
August 21, 2018
View of a layer of pharmaceutical cartons inside a case. (Photo courtesy of Omega Design.)
Pharmaceuticals
No Shortage of Creative Solutions
Drug shortages can have serious health effects, but early notifications from manufacturers and creative and flexible FDA actions are making a dent.
July 6, 2018
Eric F. Greenberg
Supply Chain
Unusable Barcodes Present Troubling Compliance Issue
GS1 US, AmerisourceBergen and McKesson assessment of DSCSA serialization implementation progress reveals barcode readability issues.
March 19, 2018
GS1 US, AmerisourceBergen and McKesson assessment of DSCSA serialization implementation progress reveals barcode readability issues.
Supply Chain
Weighing the Impact of Self-Driving Vehicles on Logistics
While the debate over the pros and cons of self-driving trucks expands, regulations are likely to play a key role in their potential future use.
September 21, 2017
A conceptualized image of a self-driving van with a drone and robot.
Adherence/Delivery
How Package Design Strategies Can Increase Patient Adherence
Containment, communication and transportation areas offer manufacturers ways to build patient adherence-increasing features.
August 8, 2017
The costs of nonadherence. (Infographic by Essentra.)
Pharmaceuticals
All Supply Chain Stakeholders Needed to Address Opioid Abuse
Healthcare Distribution Alliance CEO says primary pharmaceutical distributors play a critical role in mitigating ‘the nation’s opioid abuse epidemic.’
July 14, 2017
Healthcare Distribution Alliance CEO says primary pharmaceutical distributors play critical role in mitigating ‘the nation’s opioid abuse epidemic.’
Pharmaceuticals
3 Ways Technology is Transforming the Life Sciences/Healthcare Supply Chain
Regulations may suppress technology uptake in some activities, but here are three ways regs are accelerating technology transformation.
May 31, 2017
An operator packs a temperature-controlled shipment.
Pharmaceuticals
How an Increasingly Patient-Centric Approach is Impacting Cold Chain
The custom nature of patient-centric treatments introduces new questions for pharmaceutical manufacturers and stakeholders in the pharma and biologics cold chain.
May 17, 2017
The custom nature of patient-centric treatments introduces new questions for pharmaceutical manufacturers and stakeholders in the pharma and biologics cold chain.
Medical Device/Packaging
Taking Wound Care Cues from Spiders
Is point-of-use nanofiber production the future of wound care? Harvard researchers inch closer to a system that could one day produce sterile bandages in the field.
April 21, 2017
A schematic of the pull spinning apparatus with a side view illustration of a fiber being pulled from the polymer reservoir. The pull spinning system consists of a rotating bristle that dips and pulls a polymer jet in a spiral trajectory (Leila Deravi/Harvard University)
Pharmaceuticals
Challenges and Benefits of Using ISTA’s Standard 20 for the Development of ISC’s
Standard 2D Revision 2.0 uses a QbD approach to develop insulated shipping containers (ISCs) to meet regulatory expectations.
March 21, 2017
ISTA: Best practices chart.
Pharmaceuticals
Five Cold Chain Trends Shaping 2017
Heading into 2016, lifescience cold chain trends to watch included passive vs active bulk shippers and the growth of biologics and biosimilars and the patent cliff. Some of these trends will continue into 2017, but here are five additional trends shaping the lifescience cold chain.
January 19, 2017
An employee moves a pallet of empty boxes in preparation for shipment at a Pelican BioThermal service center.
Materials
What To Expect in Medication Adherence Packaging
In this Q&A, Walter Berghahn, Executive Director, Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council, discusses packaging, technology, and cost issues in the ongoing effort to improve patient adherence to medication regimens.
January 18, 2017
Walter Berghahn, Executive Director, Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council
Materials
Medical Device Packaging Standards Expanding Globally
Standards aim to help manufacturers engineer devices to ensure safety and establish traceability ‘from womb to tomb.’ India and emerging markets may develop their own country-specific standards.
September 26, 2016
Vimal Kumar, Contributing Editor
Materials
Temperature-Controlled Packaging Demands Out-of-the-Box Thinking
Highly engineered and innovatively designed temperature-controlled packaging is necessary to gain the greatest cost benefit without compromising patient safety.
May 10, 2016
Temperature-controlled packaging is necessary for many products, including the human serum samples shown here.
Supply Chain
The Future Is Exciting
The potential for collaboration, technology is growing.
May 6, 2016
Michelle Maskaly, Editorial Director
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