Supply Chain

As criminals duplicate the latest overt security technologies, pharmaceutical manufacturers are evaluating covert and layered approaches to fight counterfeiting, theft, and illegal product diversion.

Onset expanded its product line for pharmaceutical cold-chain management with the launch two new products.

Sharp Packaging Services adds Biotechnology Center of Excellence to its to its Allentown, PA campus.

Researchers from the Wyss Institute explain a potential method for transporting and producing temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals at a reduced cost.

CSafe completed the acquisition of Kallibox, a manufacturer of cold-chain packaging solutions.

The GMP-certified facility will produce TruTag microtags for global pharmaceutical customers.

Regulators and manufacturers address economic and ethical issues for scarce medicines.

Airlines, airports, freight forwarders, and other cold-chain partners are taking a crash course in pharma cGMPs.

Recent revisions to the European Union’s good distribution practices, which were updated in 2013, reflect increased regulatory focus on the supply chain.

Planning ahead is key to enabling a continuous and secure supply chain that adapts to changes in market demand.

Now past the “wait-and-see” standoff, most pharmaceutical companies and their contract partners are considering long-term requirements, including distributors’ needs.

The author reviews some of the key considerations when selecting a vendor and crucial parameters that must be defined in the tech-transfer process to ensure the greatest chance of success.

Training and mock audits are the key to preventing data integrity issues with partners offshore, but the process must start at home. Compliance consultant John Avellanet shares best practices and ways to minimize costs.

Zenith appointed Carlos Machado as serialization director to lead the company’s sales, operations, and post project support services.

The company opened a new service center in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

UPS will expand its clinical trial logistics capabilities to include drug and vaccine development.

China and India are also increasing inspections and becoming more exigent about data integrity and cGMPs.

Data integrity and cGMP issues demand closer scrutiny of suppliers. Bribery and corruption may become the next supply chain flashpoint.

The SmartPak II monitoring system from Cryoport provides information throughout the logistics process.

Recipharm adds hardware, software, and cloud services for serialization compliance processes.

Process analytical technology paved the way for continuous manufacturing.

In this article, the authors look at the limitations of the validation for a single-use shipping system and provide a perspective on what shipping validation means.

Progress is being made, but work remains to be done. Brian Daleiden, vice president of marketing at TraceLink, discusses the state of the industry, as companies attempt to meet complex, and changing, global requirements.

With deadlines only a few years away, some companies have not started serialization programs, while others are taking a tactical, short-term approach, losing out on potential business benefits.

Air Cargo Community Frankfurt takes steps to make Frankfurt Europe’s largest certified pharmaceutical hub.