All Pharma Logistics Articles – Page 45
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CAL's double first for CEIV Pharma
CAL has become the first group to implement IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) certification for both its freighter airline and cargo ground handling operations.The Liege-hubbed group’s road feeder services and other ground handlers are also validated by the CEIV, which means it provides “end-to-end pharma ...
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Older ULDs can pose performance risk, warns CSafe White Paper
Temperature-controlled container manufacturer and supplier CSafe Global has released a white paper highlighting the problems and risk associated with using poorly maintained container stock.The paper, entitled “Maintenance of active ULDs and its positive impact on operational performance and longevity" is authored by Jonathan Neeld, CSafe director of certification & regulatory ...
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American chills out with Envirotainer's e1 and e2 units
American Airlines Cargo has added the Envirotainer e1 and e2 containers to its fleet of temperature-controlled equipment for shipping healthcare products.From November, American will begin accepting both containers and is the first US passenger carrier to receive FAA carriage approval for the larger RAP e2 unit and offer the full ...
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BCUBE gains Malpensa CEIV for pharma
Italy-based airport handler BCUBE Air Cargo has received IATA’s CEIV certification (Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators) for pharmaceutical handling at its Malpensa Logistica Europa facility.The Malpensa airport certification follows CEIV accreditation for the company’s Fiumicino airport hub in July this year.BCUBE Air Cargo, part of the Italian logistics group ...
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Yusen opens Schiphol pharma hub
Yusen Logistics has opened a dedicated pharmaceuticals gateway at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.It represents the official launch of the Japan-based logistic player’s global pharma airfreight service, which is compliant with the Good Distribution Practice (GDP) protocol.Hiromitsu Kuramoto, president of Yusen Logistics, speaking at the opening ceremony in the Netherlands, said: “This ...
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K+N signs cool chain deal with Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics has awarded a six-year contract to Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) to manage its cold and temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution in the US.“We need a partner with demonstrated capability managing high volume cold chain distribution operations and who understands the strict regulatory rules and logistics challenges of our industry,” said ...
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Agility opens Brazil pharma centre
Agility has opened a Pharmaceutical Competence Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Experts from the logistics specialist are trained to the pharma industry’s Good Distribution Practice (GDP) standards developed by the World Health Organization and European Union, covering procurement, purchasing, storage, distribution, transportation, repackaging, relabelling, documentation and customs clearance.Middle East-owned Agility aims ...
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United Cargo signs pharma container rental deal with va-Q-tec
United Cargo has signed a global rental agreement with va-Q-tec, a provider of temperature controlled containers used to transport pharmaceuticals in the air cargo cool chain.The airfreight arm of United Airlines is the first North American carrier to announce the availability of va-Q-tainer rentals directly through the airline and plans ...
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Marken chooses OnAsset for pharma tracking
Marken, the clinical logistics specialist, has entered into an exclusive agreement to use OnAsset Intelligence’s GPS tracking device on key shipments.OnAsset said that the device would “significantly improve” Marken’s real-time, track and trace capability via custom-designed software.The pharma and life sciences supply chain company will use the OnAsset device to ...
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Good Distribution Practice academy moves on to Hyderabad
IAG Cargo and Exelsius, the cold chain management consultancy, will hold their next Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy training workshop in Hyderabad, India, on September 29-30.The GDP academy combines classroom training in the correct handling of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products, with a ‘live’ visit to an airport airside area.Students will ...
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CSafe opens new Basel service centre
Cool chain equipment specialist CSafe Global has opened a new full service centre serving the Basel, Switzerland area in partnership with ULD handler and repair service provider Airplane Equipment Services (AES).The service centre is a new location for AES, which also supports CSafe in Frankfurt and Cologne.CSafe provides a range ...
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Hactl passes GDP audit
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has passed its World Health Organisation (WHO) Good Distribution Practices (GDP) annual surveillance audit.The audit is required in order to maintain GDP accreditation. Hong Kong’s largest cargo handler achieved GDP accreditation – covering the provision of handling, logistics and storage services for pharmaceuticals ...
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IAG Cargo eyes Dreamliner bellyhold from October
IAG Cargo will begin freight services on the new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner from October, with cargo bellyhold capacity of seven pallets and 16 tonnes of lift.The next-generation aircraft will launch five times weekly on the London Heathrow-Delhi route on October 25.Replacing a Boeing 747 on the Delhi service, customers using ...
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AA Cargo opens Philly pharma facility
American Airlines Cargo has officially opened its ExpediteTC cold storage pharmaceutical facility in Philadelphia, serving the US northeast pharma corridor.The carrier says that it is the only airline in the northeastern US with a “state-of-the-art facility that can handle temperature-sensitive, life science and healthcare cargo”.The facility and its specially trained ...
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UPS to add Dutch pharma hub
UPS is to build a new healthcare distribution centre in Roermond, the Netherlands, to accommodate growing pharma demand.The announcement comes a month after the US logistics giant opened a healthcare-dedicated airfreight forwarding facility at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.The 28,000 sq m facility at Roermond, located close to UPS’s European air hub ...
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SDV implements CEIV Pharma in major hubs
Freight forwarder SDV is implementing the IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharmaceutical Logistics programme (CEIV Pharma) certification in 16 major airports across Europe, Asia, North America and South Africa.The Bolloré Logistics subsidiary said that it will be the first company in the international transport and logistics industry to ...
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Get smart: DHL on pharma's supply chains
Global demand for life sciences will fuel a 60% growth in temperature controlled logistics to $13.4bn by 2020, according to new research by DHL Global Forwarding.The logistics giant also warned of the need for “smarter cold chains”, with global spending on healthcare set to reach $1.3tn by 2018.The research highlights ...
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Second GDP academy training workshop
A second Good Distribution Practice (GDP) academy training course organised by IAG Cargo and Exelsius was attended by students from the UK, the Netherlands, Korea and Switzerland.Aimed at improving industry compliance to GDP standards for healthcare and life science products, the two-day course offered a combination of classroom training and ...
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Radioactive leak in pharma shipment at Delhi airport
Indian authorities are investigating a suspected low level radioactive leak from a pharma consignment at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.The leak was discovered at the airport’s cargo terminal after the medical shipment of sodium iodide 131 - a radioactive liquid used in treating cancer – had arrived as bellyhold cargo ...
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CEVA appoints Turhan Ozen as head of global healthcare
CEVA Logistics has appointed Turhan Ozen as senior vice president responsible for the company’s recently launched global healthcare sector.Ozen has over 25 years' experience in the supply chain management industry, most recently serving as CEVA’s vice president, business development for the Balkans, Middle East and Africa. He joined CEVA in ...