Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Covid Test Makers Struggle to Cope With Whiplash From Omicron

January 10, 2022

As the omicron variant sends U.S. Covid case numbers soaring to new records and drugstores and walk-in clinics clamor for test kits, suppliers have been struggling with their own mounting problems.

BioNTech, Moderna, J&J Explore Omicron Versions of Shots

November 29, 2021

Bloomberg

BioNTech SE, Moderna Inc. and Johnson & Johnson are working to adapt their COVID-19 vaccines to address the omicron variant, with the German partner of Pfizer Inc. saying it could have a new version ready within 100 days if necessary.

Case Study

The Logistics-Tech Company Keeping Pfizer's Vaccine Unimaginably Cold

November 10, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Controlant, a provider of innovative technology for monitoring the distribution of temperature-sensitive vaccines and other items in the cold chain, takes on COVID-19.

A Public-Private Logistics Partnership Streamlines Delivery of HIV Medicine

November 10, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Management Sciences for Health, with funding from USAID and in cooperation with multiple private and public entities in Ukraine, launches a successful pilot to improve that country’s healthcare delivery supply chain.

Moderna Finds That Creating a Covid Vaccine Was the Easy Part

November 8, 2021

Bloomberg

More than 10 months after U.S. regulators first authorized its potent shot, Moderna is finding that inventing a COVID-19 vaccine was actually a relatively straightforward task compared with what would come next: ramping up vial-filling operations on multiple continents and distributing the vaccine to countries around the world in the middle of a devastating pandemic.

Prescription Delivery Options Are Increasing. Is Your Pharmacy Prepared?

October 27, 2021

Mark Lutcavish, SCB Contributor

Building out the logistics for prescription delivery comes with considerable hurdles.

Teva Recalls U.S.-Made Drugs Following Contamination Fears

October 4, 2021

Bloomberg

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has paused drug production at its Irvine, California, facility and is reviewing the concerns raised by the FDA.

Vaccine Mandates Hit Amid Historic Health-Care Staff Shortage

October 4, 2021

Bloomberg

What some are calling the worst U.S. health-care labor crisis in memory is sharpening concerns about attrition from resistance to vaccine mandates.

Supply Chain Innovator of the Year Is Global Health Nonprofit MSH

September 22, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain presented their annual Supply Chain Innovation Award on Wednesday to global health care nonprofit Management Sciences for Health’s (MSH) for streamlining distribution of HIV and TB medicines to vulnerable communities in Ukraine.

Debate on Vaccine Supply Will Dominate This Week's UN Summit

September 20, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.S. plan for boosters will steer tens of millions of doses into the arms of many U.S. adults starting as soon as Friday. That’s angered nations where many people are still struggling to obtain a first shot.

Pharmaceutical/Biotech

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