All Pharma Logistics Articles – Page 50
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Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals Conference 2014
THERE are increasing regulations and pressures from shippers to ensure the safe carriage of pharmaceutical and life science products by air. But, do they fully understand the cost and complexities involved to the air cargo industry? This December, Air Cargo News is holding in London its first air cargo conference ...
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TNT to launch data management for pharma
TNT is introducing TrialDat, a web-based data management tool for the clinical research sector.The international express delivery company said that TrialDat will capture real time end-to-end data on a single platform.TrialDat will be available to all customers from the first quarter of 2015, as part of a wider initiative to ...
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LAN Cargo adds Basel to LatAm freighter network
LAN Cargo has launched a weekly B777 freighter between Switzerland and Latin America, aimed at the pharmaceuticals sector.The cargo division of LATAM Airlines Group said that the B777F will depart every Monday on an Amsterdam–Basel–Guarulhos (Sao Paulo)–Buenos Aires– Santiago de Chile routing, extending an existing freighter service out of Schiphol ...
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Cairo pharma hub revamp
Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has invested in revamping the cool chain facilities at Cairo airport in Egypt.The pharmaceutical industry in Egypt has been growing steadily for the past five years, with an estimated value forecast at $8bn by 2015.The airline has made the investment to cope with both pharma sector growth ...
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GDP academy takes off
The IAG Cargo/Exelsius Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy formally took off from Heathrow this week when the two organisations launched their initial joint training workshop.Aimed at improving industry compliance to GDP standards for Healthcare and Life Science products, the two-day course was attended by 17 students from the UK, Eire ...
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Air Partner and Envirotainer respond to the Ebola crisis
As the global response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa grows, the role of timely and effective logistics for temperature-sensitive medical supplies increases.Charter broker Air Partner is working with cool chain equipment supplier Envirotainer to access the specialist containers required to maintain key medical supplies to UK-funded treatment centres ...
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IAG Cargo gains pharma certificate
IAG Cargo has received GDP (Good Distribution Practice) certification for pharmaceutical transport.The carrier, bringing together the cargo divisions of British Airways and Iberia, says that it is the first airline to be awarded GDP certification by a national government health agency in meeting the premier standard for pharma transport.IAG Cargo ...
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Cathay signs up DoKaSch pharma containers
Cathay Pacific Cargo has signed a master agreement to rent DoKaSch Temperature Solutions' RKN and RAP Opticooler active containers.The containers, to be rolled out across the Hong Kong-based airline’s network in the first quarter of 2015, are aimed at the shipment of temperature-sensitive goods and pharmaceutical products,.“Cathay Pacific Cargo is ...
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Pharma defection to ocean is ‘wake-up call’ to airfreight
Airlines are targeting premium products to claw back lost revenue from the recession. Foremost of those is the cool chain for fresh produce and pharmaceuticals.But, according to Steef Van Amersfoort, chairman of the air transport at the Dutch Shippers Council and veteran pharmaceutical-logistics executive, there is a massive difference between ...
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Swiss signs quality deal with handlers
Swiss WorldCargo has signed a memorandum of understanding with ground handlers Cargologic and SATS to boost service standards and information flow between Singapore and Switzerland.The airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines wants to intensify collaboration in areas such as quality, e-initiatives, temperature-controlled transport and specialised handling.The MoU, signed in ...
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Qatar's Pharma Express links Brussels and Basel
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a twice weekly A330 freighter service to Basel, Switzerland, later this month.The airline will also commence a ‘Pharma Express’ service in January, linking two key pharma origins, Brussels and Basel, with the Qatar Airways' network via its Middle East hub in Doha.Basel has a large ...
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UPS helps keep in the cold
UPS has expanded its Temperature True Packaging service to include expert consultation, package procurement and four new off-the-shelf packaging lines.Each of the latter has been engineered and tested by the manufacturer for use in the express parcel giant’s US domestic network.Specialist staff help customers select and procure the right cold-chain ...