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February 21, 2019
By Bloomberg
This Drug Nonprofit Wants to Flip Pharma Supply Chain for Sourcing
A nonprofit founded to address a pressing U.S. health-care problem by manufacturing much-needed drugs that have fallen into short supply, or that are too expensive, will start out with a different approach: buying the drugs from pharmaceutical companies.
February 19, 2019
PHARM Connect 2019: The Perfect Blend of Science and Business Development
Life science and business are going to meet at PHARM Connect on the 12-13 of March 2019 in Budapest, Hungary to continue the tradition of providing high calibre, customised professional partnering opportunities for pharma and biotech professionals from Central & Eastern European and beyond and deliver the crucial information they need to excel in their work. The influential annual gathering brings together over 400 global and regional decision-makers, top scientists, industry executives and business development leaders for the ninth time to identify new business opportunities, technologies, state-of-the-art formulation development strategies and to foster exchange of ideas on the role of the sector.
February 13, 2019
By Bloomberg
McKesson Sent Pharmacies Tampered Opioids, FDA Warns
McKesson Corp., one of the largest U.S. drug distributors, sent pharmacies prescription opioids that had been removed from their bottles and replaced with over-the-counter painkillers, the Food and Drug Administration says.

February 6, 2019
By Daniel Johnson, SCB Contributor
When Hospitals Become Distributors
January 29, 2019
By Bloomberg
America’s Love for Cheap Drugs Has a Hidden Cost
January 21, 2019
By Bloomberg
The Great Brexit Stockpile: How Corporate Britain Is Bracing for No Deal
January 14, 2019
LogiPharma Announces Preliminary Speaker Lineup and Agenda
January 14, 2019
By Bloomberg
As FDA Shutdown Drags On, Supply Chain Risk Grows

January 10, 2019
By Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain
Q&A | How Technology Can Transform Procurement
January 8, 2019
By Bloomberg
Pot Thrives in Emerging Latin American Cannabis Markets
January 7, 2019
By Bloomberg
Seven Key Issues to Watch This Week in U.S.-China Trade Talks
January 4, 2019
By Bloomberg
Aircraft, Food and Drugs: U.S. Businesses Feel Shutdown Pain
January 4, 2019
By Bloomberg
China’s Generic Drugmakers Struggle to Survive Procurement Policy Shift

White Papers

Over 100 Million of Employee Hours are Spent on Calls, Emails, and Funneling Data
January 4, 2019 | Elementum
The +$100M SCM Problem We’ve Been Misunderstanding
January 4, 2019 | Elementum
Good Data Optimizes the Last Mile of Small Parcel Shipping
July 19, 2018
SAP – Network of Digital Twins
January 21, 2019 | SAP
SAP – IDC Infobrief – Understanding The Digital Supply Chain of ONE
January 21, 2019 | SAP

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January 31, 2019
By Karen Conway, SCB Contributor
Pursuit of Value, Good Data Underlie Healthcare Supply-Chain Trends in 2019
December 28, 2018
By Chris Luoma, SCB Contributor
Integrated Supply Chains and the Future of Healthcare
October 22, 2018
By Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain
How a ‘Value-Based’ Approach Is Transforming Healthcare Services and Supply Chains
October 17, 2018
By Ilan Solel
Additive Manufacturing and the Supply Chain: Opportunities and Risks
October 15, 2018
By Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain
The Science of ‘Fingerprinting’ Products in the Supply Chain

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Can Big Data Get Too Big?
July 27, 2018
Are businesses surfing the wave of big data? Or are they drowning in it? Read More
Women in Supply Chain, 2018: A Conversation With Suzanne Judy
May 09, 2018
With every story of a woman succeeding in the male-dominated world of supply chain and logistics management, another door opens. Read More
Customer Loyalty Programs: What Works, and What Doesn't
November 03, 2017
Do modern-day retail customer-loyalty programs really make for loyal customers? The loyalty program is a tried and true maneuver to keep shoppers from straying to rival retailers. In its original manifestation, though, it was largely a means of mining information about customers, who were otherwise anonymous in the brick-and-mortar world. Read More

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