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Pharmaceutical Logistics

Providing cGMP Services and Retail Compliance to the Consumer Healthcare Products Industry
MD Logistics has gained the knowledge and processes necessary to be a niche 3PL provider for both retail and pharmaceutical products.
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Bringing Additional Capacity to the Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals Market
Leading 3PL MD Logistics is dedicating more space to clients within these industries—converting half of their largest in-network facility into cGMP compliant, temperature-controlled warehouse space.
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Innovative Temperature-Sensitive Solutions: A Cold Treat
From ice cream to fresh produce to life-saving vaccines, the cold chain market is booming. Enter a wave of innovative solutions—smart packaging, cutting-edge telematics, and advanced freezing technologies—that are transforming the way temperature-sensitive goods journey from producers to doorsteps.
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3 Key Questions to Answer Before the DSCSA Stabilization Period Ends
Life sciences and healthcare supply chain organizations must comply with the serialized traceability requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act by Nov. 27, 2024, unless they have applied for an exemption. Here are three questions you should answer before the stabilization period ends.
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Temperature-Sensitive Mail Order Pharmaceuticals: How AI Offers a Solution to the Risk of Spoilage and Degradation
Any wrinkle in the supply chain can jeopardize the efficacy of certain pharmaceutical products. Maintaining the integrity of perishable pharmaceuticals, particularly those delivered via mail order, is a challenge that can be tackled with artificial intelligence.
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Healthcare Supply Chain: The Prescription for Success
The magic pill for today’s healthcare supply chain is composed of equal parts strategy, flexibility, and disruption mitigation—plus a healthy dose of technology.
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Top Healthcare Logistics Trends and Other Supply Chain News
New cold chain technology for blood-sample shipping; six health care supply chain trends to watch; and other updates in healthcare logistics.
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Refrigerated Trucks: History, Benefits and Types
Refrigerated trucks, also called reefers, crucial for transporting perishable items under controlled temperatures, are the backbone of delivering fresh food and vital medications. Remarkably, these reefers transport 70% of the food we consume, with around 500,000 units actively maintaining the cold chain across the United States. In this blog, we will discuss the history, benefits, […]
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The Advantages to Building an Indianapolis Warehouse Network
Indiana provided ease of access for the MD Logistics Indianapolis warehouse network comprised of four locations, three of which serve the life sciences and pharmaceuticals industry.
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Creating a Safe, Reliable Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Partnering with MD Logistics—an experienced U.S.-based 3PL—and global freight forwarder Nippon Express can provide a wealth of benefits to your global pharmaceutical supply chain.
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Pharma Supply Chains Get Technology Booster
Pharmaceutical and life sciences supply chains receive a healthy dose of innovation and automation solutions—boosting visibility, traceability, and productivity. Until recently, companies planning for resilience and business continuity tended to focus on relatively localized events, like a hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast of North America and disrupting traffic and power, or an Icelandic volcano erupting, […]
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Responding to Capacity Needs in the Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals Industry
With its latest warehouse expansion in Garner, North Carolina, MD Logistics is meeting the needs of life science and pharmaceutical companies seeking to secure warehousing space. The Challenge In recent years, as the life sciences and pharmaceuticals industry has grown, it has also experienced a shortage of compliant, cGMP warehouse storage space, which was exacerbated […]
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Reusable Shipping Technology Advances in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Sustainable shipping technologies in the life sciences and pharmaceuticals industry have come a long way, offering significant supply chain benefits.
Read MoreThe Role of IoT in Keeping Vaccines Safe
The pandemic made clear the need for equity in access to vaccines. In fact, G7 leaders met earlier this year to discuss just that. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “leaders recognized that no country can be safe until every country committed to develop and distribute effective tests, treatments, and vaccines around the world.” […]
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Tech Support
The need for supply chain resilience, visibility, agility, and control drives technology across multiple sectors.
Read MoreCold Chain Takes a Shot
The freight industry is tasked with transporting an average of 271 million ultracold and cold COVID-19 vaccine doses per month. At least 857 temperature-controlled trucks will leave Pfizer and Moderna manufacturing facilities or distribution centers each month, says an ABI Research report, and delivery will get more complicated after large urban and suburban areas are […]
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Top 25 Healthcare Supply Chains
Johnson & Johnson maintains its No. 1 spot on the Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 list, which recognizes companies that advance healthcare by improving patient outcomes and controlling costs. Baylor Scott & White Health, Johns Hopkins Health System, Indiana University, and Biogen join the ranking for the first time. The healthcare leaders in 2020: […]
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Keep Your Cool
Product damage or spoilage, which most often occurs in transit, is the No. 1 supply chain challenge for the pharma and food and beverage industries (see chart), according to a Cloudleaf survey. This highlights a great need to maintain visibility throughout a product’s journey once it leaves the warehouse. Most (87%) survey respondents in the […]
Read MoreUPS Drones Will Soon Deliver Medical Products Within the UC San Diego Health System
UPS Flight Forward, the company’s drone airline subsidiary, will use unmanned drones to deliver medical products between health centers and labs at the University of California (UC) San Diego Health system. The flights, which will begin in February 2020, will take only minutes to complete and will be monitored by remote operators. Medical professionals at […]
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Drones Make the Medicine Go Down
UPS Flight Forward Inc. and CVS Pharmacy have successfully completed the first revenue-generating drone delivery of a medical prescription from a CVS pharmacy directly to a consumer’s home. This was followed by another delivery of a medical prescription to a second customer in a nearby retirement community. Both flights used the M2 drone system by […]
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