Supply Chain/Logistics

More than anything else MonkeyPox and COVID-19 have shown that we are interdependent, no matter what continent you call home.

Improved real-time visibility during all segments of handling, transportation, and delivery is keeping costs low and reliability high while helping time- and temperature-sensitive biopharmaceuticals to go the distance without incident.

The agency’s Medicines Shortages Steering Group has adopted a list of critical COVID-19 vaccines and treatments so they may be monitored for potential shortages.

The agency is asking drug manufacturers to ensure a strong supply chain by developing risk management plans.

Taking key considerations into account along the cell therapy supply chain can set cell therapy developers up for success.

Symbiosis announced the successful completion of UK Research and Innovation project to enhance the manufacturing supply chain for ATMPs within the UK.

New report released by USP offers a look into API supply-chain vulnerabilities.

Disruptions in the bio/pharmaceutical supply chain can have serious impacts on the quality and availability of life-saving medicines.

Interoperability by 2023 depends on data standardization and systems compatibility between trading partners.

Biotech companies and medical product manufacturers have condemned the invasion of Ukraine, while also looking to maintain supplies of essential medicines.

Thermo Fisher Scientific's solution for cell and gene therapies involves a combination of cold chain logistics, serialization compliance, and distribution

Lighthouse manufacturing techniques utilize technology and automation to streamline production.

New and emerging biotherapeutic molecules drive the need for innovative solutions to meet cold-chain requirements.

Moderna’s agreement with the UK government includes 29 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for delivery in 2022 and 31 million doses for delivery in 2023.

Defining expectations, such as GMPs, is paramount for sourcing the right biopharmaceutical raw materials.

Global supply chain experts examine implications of the DSCSA as well as topical considerations around the EU's FMD in this serialization video series ft. manufacturing, packaging, software, and regulatory experts.

Global supply chain experts examine implications of the DSCSA as well as topical considerations around the EU's FMD in this serialization video series ft. manufacturing, packaging, software, and regulatory experts.

Global supply chain experts examine implications of the DSCSA as well as topical considerations around the EU's FMD in this serialization video series ft. manufacturing, packaging, software, and regulatory experts.

Global supply chain experts examine implications of the DSCSA as well as topical considerations around the EU's FMD in this serialization video series ft. manufacturing, packaging, software, and regulatory experts.

GenScript’s new gene synthesis center in Piscataway, NJ, is highly automated to accelerate production time and increase supply chain resiliency for biopharma and synthetic biology.

For some manufacturers, the goal was to be fully compliant with the DSCSA, including both serialization and aggregation, from day one.

Low- and middle-income countries are at the greatest risk of receiving substandard and falsified COVID-19 vaccines.

According to Charles River Laboratories, when asked how long it takes for a drug to be developed and approved for market in the United States, only 10% of 1,500 Americans polled correctly estimated that it takes between 10 and 15 years.

AstraZeneca and the European Commission have reached an agreement that ends legal proceedings over the execution of the advance purchase agreement for the delivery of Vaxzevria.

As interest in cell and gene therapies continues to grow, the need for safe and consistent reagents to support research, development, and manufacture efforts also increases.

BioPharm International asked Vincent Colicchio, vice president, supply chain and external manufacturing at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, about how a lack of proper supplier oversight can impact the pharmaceutical industry and the drug supply chain.

After receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from a batch of Moderna vaccines that were suspected to have contaminants, two people in Japan died. Meanwhile, another one million doses have been temporarily suspended in Japan.

The agency is endorsing recommendations for global track-and-trace systems developed by the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities.

Emergent BioSolutions is being allowed to restart manufacturing operations for the J&J COVID-19 vaccine at its Bayview, Baltimore, Md., facility.

Moderna announces supply agreement with the Argentina government for 20 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.