Supply Chain Integrity White Papers & Case Studies

41. High Value Biologic Drugs Will Demand A Comprehensive Supply Chain

    The dramatic shift in our industry from small molecule drugs to high value biopharmaceuticals is increasing the need to focus on logistics and supply chain management. 

42. Extremely Sensitive Biological Asset Transfer No Problem For Marken

    Roslin Cells, a world leader in the isolation of new clinical grade pluripotent stem cells for use in research and development, was moving their site from within the Roslin Biocentre in Edinburgh to a new facility housed within the new Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine. 

43. IMP Shipments: Too Big, Too Costly, Too Bad

    A client in the UK was initiating a new clinical trial, and shipping forty-two pallets of the IMP to Marken’s pharmaceutical service depot in the testing region created several challenges.

44. EMC Documentum Quality Manufacturing Solution For Life Sciences

    Quality & Manufacturing organizations in Life Sciences companies are facing more pressure than ever to run efficient, uninterrupted production at the lowest possible cost, while meeting stringent safety, quality, and regulatory standards.

45. 3 Decisions That Impact Shipping High-Value Active Packaging Containers

    It is the dead of winter in the northern hemisphere and the height of summer in the southern, with external temperature fluctuations exceeding 50 degrees. Flight delays have added precious days to the transport of your multi-million dollar shipment of blockbuster drug from South East Asia destined for Russia. In France, the roads are closed for days due to a monster snowstorm, with your irreplaceable shipment of investigational drugs stopped somewhere en route between Paris and the clinical trial site. Will all be lost, or can informed choices made before the shipment departs ensure product safety despite unforeseen circumstances?

46. Certis® GPS-RP Pallet Shipper Datasheet

    The pre-qualified Certis GPS-RP pallet shipper is designed specifically for loading a standard 48” x 40” pallet into the designated payload space.

47. Sanofi Replaced Active Heating And Cooling Shipping Systems With Passive Pallet Shippers

    Sanofi needed to replace active heating and cooling shipping systems for international shipments. There are operational challenges because the distribution may be incapable of shipping to locations that do not have documented qualifications and license approvals for foreign markets may be delayed if qualification documentation is not available.

48. Designing 2-8C° Shippers For International Shipments From US To Latin America

    Abbott needed a 2-8 degree Celsius shipper for international shipments from US to Latin America. Currently some countries leave cold chain compliance management and oversight entirely to the manufacturer, and other countries require shipping temperature record with strict 2-8 degree Celsius cold chain compliance. The company wanted to maintain their transport/distribution model and focus on shipping system options.

49. Securing The Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Against The Threat Of Counterfeit Drugs

    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence of spurious, falsely-labelled, falsified, or counterfeit medicines, or SFFC medicines as they are known — medicines that are deliberately and fraudulently produced, packaged and/or mislabeled — is a growing trend worldwide which threatens both patient safety as well as public confidence in the health systems and regulatory bodies designed to provide oversight and control.

50. Hidden Costs: 5 Tips To Discover The True Cost Of Transport

    You need to transport high-value, specialty or clinical trial products around the world. You know that shipment integrity is essential—that you can’t afford temperature excursions resulting from a shipment getting delayed in customs, that shipments gone awry can result in devastating losses for your organization.