Pharmaceutical/Biotech

Crafting an Effective Clinical-Supply Strategy for the Post-Pandemic Landscape

September 18, 2020

Natalie Balanovsky, SCB Contributor

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented disruption to drug development.

Supply Shortages Are Plaguing More Than COVID-19 Testing

September 3, 2020

Bloomberg

U.S. laboratories have struggled for months to secure desperately needed supplies for COVID-19 screenings, but another testing crisis is brewing.

Sourcing the Unknown: Better Done Together

August 21, 2020

Karen Conway & Mike Schiller, SCB Contributors

In the fight against COVID-19, stakeholder collaboration is saving lives.

VIDEO

Watch: Managing the Drug Cold Chain in the Pandemic

August 13, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Paul Dickson, president of wholesale pharmaceutical distributor Morris & Dickson Co. LLC, describes efforts to allocate limited supplies of the antiviral drug remdesivir during the coronavirus pandemic.

How Blockchain Could Help Fight Counterfeit Drugs

August 5, 2020

Daniel Browning, SCB Contributor

Pharmaceutical companies have struggled for years to track their products throughout their supply chains, making it possible for counterfeiters to introduce fake drugs into the market.

The World’s Pharmacy Now Has a Globalization Headache

August 5, 2020

Bloomberg

Once known as the pharmacy to the world, Germany now has its work cut out to supply enough medicines to its own citizens.

UPS Readies Freezer Farms to Ship Virus Vaccine — If We Get One

August 4, 2020

Bloomberg

United Parcel Service is building two giant freezer farms capable of super-cooling millions of vials of a COVID-19 vaccine, preparing for the day when it will need to deliver the medicine at high speed across the globe.

Case Study

How Technology Is Helping a Family-Owned Forwarder to Expand

August 1, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

A small forwarder in Puerto Rico had big dreams of expanding its services to meet the need of multimodal shippers, while complying with all document-filing requirements by government regulators.

Kodak Pivots to Drugs After Abandoning Photography, Crypto

July 31, 2020

Bloomberg

Eastman Kodak Co. is getting another shot at redemption.

Shortage of Safety Supplies Adds to Risks for U.S. Reopening

‘Covidpreneurs’ Hawk Body Bags Amid Mexico Shortages

July 28, 2020

Bloomberg

With millions of Mexicans out of work due to COVID-19, some are seizing on the pandemic to trade in medical and other equipment, solving shortages while also causing price spikes and supply chaos.