In his press conference last week, Donald Trump launched an attack on the pharmaceutical industry. He called for their manufacturing facilities to return to U.S. production.

Starting April 4, 2017, American Airlines will begin daily, nonstop widebody service between San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín Airport (SJU) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), home of American Airlines Cargo's 25,000-square-foot pharmaceutical facility, the airline announced. The daily Airbus A330-200 widebody route will be in addition to the current two daily narrow-body flights.

SATO, a global provider of Auto-ID tools, has announced it will launch two new group companies in the Philippines. By establishing SATO Philippines AIDC Solutions Inc. and SATO Philippines Auto-ID SP Inc., the SATO Group says it seeks to better serve customers in the country.

After curing the ills of its founder's broken supply chain, ROi set out to remedy supply chain problems throughout the healthcare industry, and now services more than 100 hospitals.

Emerson Healthcare teams with logistics service provider Geodis to level the playing field for its roster of small to medium-sized manufacturers. The program makes it possible for them to compete with big suppliers for space on retail shelves.

Meeting mandates to protect the pharmaceutical supply chain from counterfeit drugs is no easy task, but Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain has found a way to do so well before U.S. legislation kicks in and while reining in costs.

The more complex a company's supply chain, the more challenging it is to devise a sustainability program that ensures environmental protection from design and manufacturing to packaging and from product transportation to end-of-life disposal and recycling. A comprehensive plan that's truly innovative is called for.

Amazon.com Inc. has introduced an image recognition program, a speech-to-text service dubbed Polly, and tools for building conversational apps, highlighting its push to add artificial intelligence to its cloud-computer offerings.