Supply Chain

The complex packaging and logistics required for personalized medicine pose significant challenges, but proactive planning can help ensure success.

Good project management, budgeting, planning, and clear documentation are the only ways to prevent overruns and project failure.

Pharmaceutical Technology spoke with Brad Pedrow and Rajesh Singh of Deloitte Consulting to discuss serialization implementation, and what to expect as the DSCSA deadline approaches.

igital tracking of overall equipment effectiveness can improve efficiency.

Uhlmann Packaging Systems joined the OPC Foundation’s Open Serialization Communication Standard (OPEN-SCS) Working Group.

Fisher BioServices will expand its CryoHub solution by co-locating it with the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult manufacturing center for seamless supply chain management and to accelerate cell and gene therapy production.

FDA sent a warning letter to Lumis Global Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. detailing CGMP deficiencies regarding API repackaging, labeling, and misbranding.

Transparency between pharmaceutical companies and suppliers and risk assessment efforts are vital to effective supply chain practices.

As the November 2017 deadline nears, a surprising number of companies still don’t have a serialization plan in place. New programs aim to get them compliant in time.

The author discusses the results from TraceLink and Actionable Research's Global Drug Supply, Safety and Traceability Report.

Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain (JJSC) and the distributor AmerisourceBergen launched a four-week pilot program to test GS1’s EPCIS standards and to see how effectively data could be transferred between the two partners.

Having an effective and granular data management process in place will enable companies to meet the requirements of IDMP as well as help usher in a new age of digital-based identification, in which organizations can easily share data across borders.

The trends in the year 2017 will present the industry with new challenges, and companies will be able to meet them successfully if they focus on the issues at hand.

Research by Pew Charitable Trust and ISPE suggests that inability to forecast internal demand, and poor partner alignment are among the reasons for drug shortages

Longer packouts are becoming the rule, as logistics service providers and sponsors gain experience planning logistics for clinical trials involving novel therapies.

An example of a new cold chain temperature-controlled shipping technology is Cocoon, which was commercialized in November 2016 and designed for use with pallet-sized shippers.

Cold-chain requirements and the tight logistical windows needed for cell and gene therapies demand a focus on early communication and risk mitigation.

Andrea Zobel, senior director of product management, clinical trial supply, and logistics at PAREXEL International, examines key issues and questions that sponsors and contract partners must address.

Many pharmaceutical manufacturers were late in involving contract partners in serialization efforts. Are you ready, and are you working with the right partner?

As the date for implementation of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act approaches, bio/pharma companies and contractors should focus on key areas.

Currently, pharmaceutical manufacturers are said to waste $25 billion on supply chain inefficiencies. Technology offers a way to achieve transparency and results.

Supply chain risk monitoring is crucial for any company doing business today, and it doesn’t have to be expensive.

A new report says that failure to account for rebates, discounts, and price concessions leads to an “overstatement of payments realized by manufacturers” in most annual industry drug spend reports.

B&W Tek’s director of Market and Customer Development, Katherine A. Bakeev, PhD, discusses analysis of pharmaceutical raw materials and the benefits of using handheld Raman spectrometers.

TraceLink’s first Drug Supply, Safety and Traceability Report suggests that 19% of pharma companies, 11% of distributors, and 9% of dispensers still haven’t begun to address lot-level serialization requirements. Only 20% say their CMOs will be ready for the November 2017 deadline.

Moisture uptake during the end-to-end manufacturing process and supply chain can affect product quality. Simulation tools based on mechanistic models help define storage and handling requirements for oral solid-dosage drugs.

The two companies have entered into an agreement to provide Suzeken with access to AmerisourceBergen’s Cubixx inventory solution.

Advances in cloud-based IT and user interfaces make it easier to collaborate, but a strong foundation, based on knowledge of data and risk management principles, is needed first.

Are investigations supporting or hindering performance excellence?

PDA’s first aging facilities survey suggests that post-approval changes play a major part in slowing pharmaceutical industry investment in new technology.